As an MMA member, you have many opportunities to shape policy and select leaders.
Learn more about the way MMA is governed.

Officers & Trustees

The MMA Board of Trustees manages the ongoing affairs of the MMA. With the exception of the Policy Council appointee, all trustees are elected by MMA membership.

Officers

President

William Nicholson, MD
Hospitalist, Maplewood

Immediate Past-President

Randy Rice, MD
Family Medicine, Moose Lake

President-Elect

Laurel Ries, MD
Family Medicine, St. Paul

Chair, Board of Trustees

Edwin Bogonko, MD
Hospitalist, Shakopee

Secretary-Treasurer

Kimberly Tjaden, MD
Family Medicine, St. Cloud

MMA CEO

Janet Silversmith

Past Presidents

Trustees

Northeast Trustee District

Dania Kamp, MD
Family Medicine, Moose Lake

Northwest Trustee District

Gaurav Mehta, MBBS
Family Medicine, Detroit Lakes

Southeast Trustee District

Dionne Hart, MD
Psychiatry, Rochester

Southeast Trustee District

Lynn Cornell, MD
Pathology, Rochester

Southwest Trustee District

Amrit Singh, MD
Oncology, Mankato

North Central Trustee District

David L. Smith, MD
Pediatricics, Sartell

North Central Trustee District

Kimberly Tjaden, MD
Family Medicine, St. Cloud

Twin Cities Trustee District

Edwin Bogonko, MD
Hospitalist, Shakopee

Twin Cities Trustee District

Elizabeth Elfstrand, MD
OBGYN, Minneapolis

Twin Cities Trustee District

Rebecca Thomas, MD
Oncology, Plymouth

Medical Student

Melissa Edgar
U of M Medical School, Duluth

Resident/Fellow

Saam Dilmaghani, MD
Mayo Graduate School, Rochester

AMA Delegation Chair

Cindy Firkins Smith, MD
Dermatology, Willmar

Policy Council Appointee

Lora Princ, MD, MBA
OB/GYN, Minneapolis

Map of Trustee Districts