Representing 3,100+ family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students, the MAFP is the largest physician specialty organization in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) is a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), one of the largest medical organizations in the U.S.
Our Mission
Support Minnesota’s family physicians as they provide high quality, comprehensive and continuous medical care for patients of all ages AND promote the specialty of family medicine in Minnesota.
Our Priorities
Three priorities guide our work:
- Grow the Next Generation of Family Doctors
- Reduce Health Disparities in Minnesota
- Strengthen the Voice of Family Medicine
Everything that the MAFP does—through advocacy, programming and events and our philanthropic foundation—connects back to those three priorities, with the goal of advancing them and upholding our mission.
Our Leaders & Staff
The MAFP is governed by an 18-member board of directors, which meets every two months. Directors and officers are elected annually at our House of Delegates, the policy-setting body of the Academy.
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MAFP Officers 2024-2025
Roli Dwivedi, MD, FAAFP – President
Jamie Conniff, MD, MPH – President Elect
Bob Jeske, MD – Immediate Past President
Alex Vosooney, MD – Treasurer
Maria Huntley, CAE, MAM – Chief Executive Officer
Roli Dwivedi, MD, FAAFP – President
- Years in practice: 15+
- Practice type: Federally Qualified Health Center; academic family medicine
- Practice location: Minneapolis (Community-University Health Care Center; University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health)
- Local chapter: West Metro
Jamie Conniff, MD, MPH – President Elect
- Years in practice: 10
- Practice type: tribal health center; family medicine
- Practice location: Cloquet, Duluth
- Local chapter: Lake Superior
Bob Jeske, MD – Immediate Past President
- Years in practice: 11+
- Practice type: academic family medicine; rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato, Janesville
- Local chapter: Southern
Alex Vosooney, MD – Treasurer
- Years in practice: 11
- Practice type: family medicine, as part of a multispecialty group practice/health system
- Practice location: West St.Paul
- Local chapter: East Metro
Maria Huntley, CAE, MAM – Chief Executive Officer
- Supports the member-led Board of Directors in fulfilling the mission of the MAFP.
- Serves as Executive Director of the MAFP Foundation, the charitable arm of the MAFP.
- Leads the overall internal and external operations of the MAFP and guides the organizational culture.
MAFP Directors 2024-2025
Sara Robinson, MD – Special Constituency Director
Alex Harsha Bangura, MD – New to Practice Director
Shannon Neale, MD – Employed Physician Director
James Benzie, MD – Physician Owner Director
Nathaniel Guimont, MD – Director at Large, Metro
Matt Schultz, MD – Director at Large, Greater Minnesota
Sola Adegoke, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Director at Large
Dave Rushlow, MD – Director at Large
Cody Wendlandt, MD, FAAFP – Director at Large
Sheryl Fuehrer, MD – Resident Director
Austen Ott – Student Director
Allison Aase, DO – Resident Alternate Director
Bella Akpala, BSN – Student Alternate Director
Sabdi Bravo-Benning – Student Alternate Director
Sara Robinson, MD – Special Constituency Director
- Years in practice: 0
- Practice type: community and rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato
- Local chapter: Southern
Alex Harsha Bangura, MD – New to Practice Director
- Years in practice: 5
- Practice type: Rural family medicine; critical access hospital
- Practice location: Staples
- Local chapter: Heart of the Lakes
Shannon Neale, MD – Employed Physician Director
- Years in practice: 30
- Practice type: academic family medicine
- Practice location: St. Louis Park
- Local chapter: West Metro
James Benzie, MD – Physician Owner Director
- Years in practice: 18
- Practice type: family medicine, as part of a private practice
- Practice location: West St. Paul
- Local chapter: East Metro
Nathaniel Guimont, MD – Director at Large, Metro
- Years in practice: 5
- Practice type: urban family medicine
- Practice location: Minneapolis
- Local chapter: West Metro
Matt Schultz, MD – Director at Large, Greater Minnesota
- Years in practice: 19
- Practice type: full scope rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mora
- Local chapter: Central
Sola Adegoke, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Director at Large
- Years in practice: 8
- Practice type: urban hospital medicine; rural family medicine; academic family medicine
- Practice location: St. Paul, Stillwater, New Richmond, St. Croix Falls
- Local chapter: East Metro
Dave Rushlow, MD – Director at Large
- Years in practice: 31
- Practice type: multispecialty
- Practice location: Rochester
- Local chapter: Southeast
Cody Wendlandt, MD, FAAFP – Director at Large
- Years in practice: 7
- Practice type: emergency medicine
- Practice location: Glencoe
- Local chapter: Central
Sheryl Fuehrer, MD – Resident Director
- Residency year: 1
- Residency program: Mayo Clinic - Rochester
- Local chapter: Southeast
Austen Ott – Student Director
- School year: 4
- School: University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
- Local chapter: West Metro
Allison Aase, DO – Resident Alternate Director
- Residency year: 2
- Residency program: University of Minnesota North Memorial
- Local chapter: West Metro
Bella Akpala, BSN – Student Alternate Director
- School year: 4
- School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
- Local chapter: Southeast
Sabdi Bravo-Benning – Student Alternate Director
- School year: 4
- School: University of Minnesota (Duluth)
- Local chapter: Lake Superior
MAFP AAFP Delegates 2024-2025
Dania Kamp, MD, FAAFP – AAFP Senior Delegate
Alex Vosooney, MD – AAFP Senior Alternate Delegate
Dave Bucher, MD, FAAFP – AAFP Junior Delegate
Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH – AAFP Junior Alternate Delegate
Dania Kamp, MD, FAAFP – AAFP Senior Delegate
- Years in practice: 19
- Local chapter: Lake Superior
Alex Vosooney, MD – AAFP Senior Alternate Delegate
- Years in practice: 11
- Practice type: family medicine, as part of a multispecialty group practice/health system
- Practice location: West St.Paul
- Local chapter: East Metro
Dave Bucher, MD, FAAFP – AAFP Junior Delegate
- Years in practice: 38
- Practice type: academic family medicine; urban family medicine
- Practice location: St. Louis Park, Minneapolis
- Local chapter: West Metro
Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH – AAFP Junior Alternate Delegate
- Years in practice: 20
- Practice type: academic family medicine; family planning clinic; urban family medicine
- Practice location: St. Paul, Minneapolis
- Local chapter: West Metro
MAFP Delegates to 2024 AAFP NCCL
Kate Schreck, MD – Women
Sara Robinson, MD – New Physicians
Marjan Jahani Kondori, MD, MPH – International Medical Graduate
Jamie Conniff, MD, MPH – LGBTQ+
Kate Schreck, MD – Women
- Years in practice: 2
- Practice type: Urban family medicine, as part of a multispecialty group practice/health system
- Practice location: Minneapolis, St. Louis Park
- Local chapter: West Metro
Sara Robinson, MD – New Physicians
- Years in practice: 0
- Practice type: community and rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato
- Local chapter: Southern
Marjan Jahani Kondori, MD, MPH – International Medical Graduate
- Years in practice: 1
- Practice type: community and rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato
- Local chapter: Southern
Jamie Conniff, MD, MPH – LGBTQ+
- Years in practice: 10
- Practice type: tribal health center; family medicine
- Practice location: Cloquet, Duluth
- Local chapter: Lake Superior
MAFP Committee Chairs
Sandy Stover, MD, FAAFP – Continuing Medical Education
Alex Vosooney, MD – Finance
Marjan Jahani Kondori, MD, MPH – Health Equity
Bob Jeske, MD – Leadership Development
Kate Schreck, MD – Legislative
Ese Aghenta, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Research & Quality Improvement
Sandy Stover, MD, FAAFP – Continuing Medical Education
- Years in practice: 30+
- Practice type: academic (medical school and residency)
- Practice location: Duluth
- Local chapter: Lake Superior
Alex Vosooney, MD – Finance
- Years in practice: 11
- Practice type: family medicine, as part of a multispecialty group practice/health system
- Practice location: West St.Paul
- Local chapter: East Metro
Marjan Jahani Kondori, MD, MPH – Health Equity
- Years in practice: 1
- Practice type: community and rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato
- Local chapter: Southern
Bob Jeske, MD – Leadership Development
- Years in practice: 11+
- Practice type: academic family medicine; rural family medicine
- Practice location: Mankato, Janesville
- Local chapter: Southern
Kate Schreck, MD – Legislative
- Years in practice: 2
- Practice type: Urban family medicine, as part of a multispecialty group practice/health system
- Practice location: Minneapolis, St. Louis Park
- Local chapter: West Metro
Ese Aghenta, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Research & Quality Improvement
- Years in practice: 6+
- Practice location: Robbinsdale
- Local chapter: West Metro
MAFP Staff
Our staff team implements the strategic goals set by the MAFP Board and serves and supports our members, Minnesota’s family physicians, as they provide high quality, comprehensive and continuous medical care for patients of all ages.
Maria Huntley, CAE, MAM – Chief Executive Officer
Jami Burbidge, CAE, MAM – Chief Operating Officer
Emie Buege – Communications and Marketing
Kendra Myers – Executive Administration and Process Support
Lisa Regehr – Director of Education and Programming
Dave Renner, CAE – Lobbyist
All In One Accounting – Accounting
Maria Huntley, CAE, MAM – Chief Executive Officer
- Supports the member-led Board of Directors in fulfilling the mission of the MAFP.
- Serves as Executive Director of the MAFP Foundation, the charitable arm of the MAFP.
- Leads the overall internal and external operations of the MAFP and guides the organizational culture.
Jami Burbidge, CAE, MAM – Chief Operating Officer
- Directs MAFP advocacy efforts and work around health equity, including creating programs, recruiting and engaging physician advocates, collaborating with external stakeholders and working to ensure family medicine’s voice is included in decisions that impact family physicians and their patients.
- Serves on the MAFP leadership team and manages all staff and independent contractors.
Emie Buege – Communications and Marketing
- Serves as editor for the Minnesota Family Physician magazine, Family Medicine Matters (all-member e-news), and Resident and Student News (resident and student e-news).
- Manages MAFP social media channels.
Kendra Myers – Executive Administration and Process Support
- Manages MAFP office operations, registration for events and data across all areas.
- Provides process development and process support to staff.
- Works on communications, including graphic design, copy editing and more.
Lisa Regehr – Director of Education and Programming
- Manages Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation and programming, plus research and quality improvement efforts.
Dave Renner, CAE – Lobbyist
- Represents the MAFP before the Minnesota Legislature and keeps the Academy updated on legislative actions and movement relevant to family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students.
All In One Accounting – Accounting
Our Members
Member Statistics (as of September 2024):
Membership – 3,068 members strong- 1,991 Active (actively practicing)
- 517 Life (retired or age 70+)
- 37 Inactive (retired or temporarily not practicing)
- 248 Resident (in residency)
- 273 Student (in medical school)
- 2 Supporting (physicians of other specialties)
Practice Location
- 55% practice in the Twin Cities
- 45% practice in Greater Minnesota
Practice Type
- 82% are employed
- 18% have sole or partial ownership of their practice
About Family Medicine
More patients are seen by family physicians than any other medical specialty.
Family physicians:
- Provide comprehensive primary care across the lifespan, including preventive health services, mental health care, treatment for common illnesses and chronic disease management.
- Serve as the entry point for most of a patient’s health care needs.
- Help coordinate care with other health care specialists.
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