Foundation Leadership

Celebrating 20 Years of Service to Family Medicine.
Your gift will help fund patient and professional activities, educational programs and research grants to Minnesota's next generation of family physicians.

The Board of Directors is the policy-making body of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.  The Board is responsible for approving and overseeing programs, procedures, budget, and for monitoring the fiscal stability of the Foundation.

There are fourteen Directors.  Nine of the Directors must be members of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians.  Five of the Directors are non-members of the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians whose background and qualifications are deemed to add expertise to the Foundation. 

To learn how you can get involved on the Board of Directors please contact Executive Director Lynn Balfour at 952.542.0130 or email foundation@mafp.org.

2009 Board of Directors

President: Richard Gebhart, M.D. Camden Physicians - Maple Grove Vice-President and Chair Patricia Vincent, M.D. Northwest Family Physicians - Crystal Treasurer: Paul Coons, C.P.A. Tenney, Coons & Associates Directors: Virginia Barzan, C.A.E. Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Krista Boston Minnesota Board on Aging Raymond Christensen, M.D. University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School James Collins Pfizer, Inc. Brian Eck UCare Minnesota

Carolyn Kampa, M.D. Allina Medical Clinic - Cambridge Thomas King, M.D. HealthPartners- Apple Valley Lynne Ogawa, M.D. Fairview Hiawatha Clinic - Minneapolis Heather Pett-Taylor, M.D. Duluth Family Practice Center Sue Severson Stratis Health David Thorson, M.D. MinnHealth - St. Paul Joy Westerdahl, M.D. Northwest Family Physicians - Plymouth Barbara Yawn, M.D. Olmsted Medical Center - Rochester