Candidates Announced for AAFP Board
March 31, 2025, David Mitchell — During its Oct. 4-6 meeting in Anaheim, California, the AAFP Congress of Delegates will vote on candidates for director, president-elect, vice speaker and speaker.
The slate of candidates announced today includes nine director candidates put forth by the AAFP Nominating Committee as well as one put forth by a chapter. All the candidates will attend the AAFP Leadership Conference, April 24-26, in Kansas City, Missouri, and participate in a Candidate Orientation and Development Program.
This is the second election cycle in which candidates have been put forth by the committee, a process which was established by the COD in 2023.
“One of our challenges and opportunities are, how do we look at bringing forward perspectives that should be considered by Congress?” said Nominating Committee Chair and past President Reid Blackwelder, M.D., FAAFP, associate dean for graduate medical and continuing education at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine. “Ultimately, it’s Congress's decision. But this is a great group of people, and I’m super excited about the voices and experience they bring.”
The candidates for consideration by the COD this October in Anaheim are:
President-elect
- Kisha Davis, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, Maryland
- Jay Lee, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, California
- Teresa Lovins, M.D., FAAFP, Indiana
Speaker
Russell Kohl, M.D., FAAFP, Oklahoma
Vice Speaker
Daron Gersch, M.D., FAAFP, Minnesota
Director
- Brian Bachelder, M.D., FAAFP, Ohio
- H. Griffin Cupstid, M.D., FAAFP, South Carolina
- Raymond Ebarb, M.D., FAAFP, New York
- Tracy Hendershot, M.D., FAAFP, West Virginia
- Camellia Koleyni, M.D., FAAFP, Tennessee
- Aaron Lanik, M.D., FAAFP, Nebraska
- Robyn Liu, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, Oregon
- Martha Simmons, M.D., FAAFP, Pennsylvania
- Douglas Spotts, M.D., FAAFP, Pennsylvania
- Tina Tanner, M.D., FAAFP, Michigan