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
Laurel Ries, MD
Family Medicine, St. Paul
Immediate Past-President
Will Nicholson, MD
Hospitalist, Maplewood
President-Elect
Edwin Bogonko, MD
Hospitalist, Shakopee
Chair, Board of Trustees
Kimberly Tjaden, MD
Family Medicine, St. Cloud
Secretary-Treasurer
Amrit Singh, MBBS
Oncology, Mankato
MMA CEO
Janet Silversmith
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, MBBS
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
Caleb Schultz, MD
Anesthesiology, Minneapolis
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