Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP), the state’s largest specialty physician organization, has announced its 2026–2027 Board of Directors, effective July 18. Comprising experienced and emerging leaders from across the state, the board is tasked with guiding the organization’s mission to support family physicians and advocate for accessible, high-quality primary care.

Officers:

• Chair: Bashar Yalldo, MD, FAAFP (Howell)
• President: Brandon Karmo, DO, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
• President-elect: Kristi VanDerKolk, MD, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
• Vice President: Delicia Pruitt, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Saginaw)
• Speaker: Christopher Milback, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Detroit)
• Treasurer: Susan Stevens, DO, FAAFP (Livonia)
• Chief Executive Officer and Ex Officio: Karlene Ketola, MSA, CAE (Okemos)

AAFP Delegates:

• Delegate: Srikar Reddy, MD, FAAFP (Eastpointe)
• Delegate: Glenn Dregansky, DO, FAAFP (Jerome)
• Alternate Delegate: Beena Nagappala, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Clinton Township)
• Alternate Delegate: Rachel M. Klamo, DO, MS, FAAFP (Oxford)

At-Large Directors:

• Frank Animikwam, MD (Petoskey)
• Christopher Hopper, MD, MscPH, FAIHM, FAAFP (Allen Park)
• Arti Madhavan, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Farmington Hills)
• Lindsay Martin-Engel, MD, MPH, FAAFP (Birmingham)
• Raymond Rion, MD (Ann Arbor)
• Kari Beth Watts, DO, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)
• Vince Winkler-Prins, MD, FAAFP (Petoskey)
• Teniesha Wright-Jones, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP (Southfield)
• Peter Ziemkowski, MD, FAAFP (Kalamazoo)

Resident Representative:

• Morgan Lockwood (Brownstown Township)

Student Representative:

• Anna Riegger (Ann Arbor)

MAFP’s Board reflects the geographic, professional and generational diversity of Michigan’s family medicine community, united by a shared commitment to improving the health and well-being of patients across the state.