MMA Leadership Elections Open August 1

July 19, 2023

MMA members are encouraged to vote for incoming MMA leadership during the month of August. Members will receive a ballot via email on August 1 to vote on the slate of leadership candidates. The ballot will include background information on the candidates and their statements of interest. 
 
President-elect and Board of Trustee members will take office October 1. AMA delegates and alternate delegates take office beginning January 1, 2024.  
 
This year’s slate is as follows: 

President-elect (members will elect 1)  

• Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA 

Trustee (members will elect six; one must be elected to represent residents/fellows; one must be elected from the Northeast Trustee District) 

• Lynn Cornell, MD (incumbent), Southeast Trustee District 

• Saam Dilmaghani, MD, MPH (incumbent, Resident/Fellow), Southeast Trustee District 

• Elizabeth Elfstrand, MD (incumbent), Twin Cities Trustee District 

• Dania Kamp, MD, FAAFP (incumbent), Northeast Trustee District 

• Stephen Palmquist, MD, MBA, Northeast Trustee District 

• Caleb Schultz, MD, MPH, Twin Cities Trustee District 

• David Smith, MD (incumbent), North Central Trustee District 

AMA Delegate (members will elect two) 

• Andrea Hillerud, MD (incumbent) 

• Cindy Smith, MD, MHCI (incumbent) 

AMA Alternate Delegate (members will elect one) 

• Lisa Mattson, MD, FACOG (incumbent)  

The MMA has partnered with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) to administer the 2023 election.  To assure your email ballot arrives safely in your inbox on August 1, 2023, simply add the following email address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.   

If you do not receive your email ballot link by August 2, please contact support@directvote.net.