National Conference of Constituency Leaders
The National Conference of Constituency Leaders (NCCL) is the AAFP’s leadership development event that empowers a select group of change makers to catalyze positive change in family medicine. NCCL will inspire you to build on your leadership skills and create a lasting impact for current and future generations of family physicians. NCCL offers leadership and policy development opportunities for:
- Women Physicians
- BIPOC Physicians
- New Physicians (in the first seven years of practice following residency)
- International Medical Graduate Physicians
- LGBTQ+ Physicians/Physician Allies
Michigan delegates—one per constituency—are appointed by the MAFP Board of Directors. They exchange information and share experiences with their colleagues from across the country, while developing leadership skills, helping to establish or update Academy policy, and electing national leaders. Chapter delegates are eligible to serve on and testify in reference committees, vote on resolutions, and vote in elections.
Delegates are reimbursed for eligible expenses according to the MAFP reimbursement policy.
MAFP 2025 Delegates
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Women Physician Delegate: Ashley Wilk, DO (Rochester)
"It was an honor to represent women physicians from the State of Michigan at American Academy of Family Physicians National Conference of Constituency Leaders. The resolution I helped to author aimed to decrease the stigma of mental health conditions that arises during the physician accreditation process."
BIPOC: Aisha Harris, MD, FAAFP (Flint)
"As the Michigan BIPOC delegate this year I was able to hear first hand in high definition the struggles and challenges my friends and family medicine colleagues are facing because of new restrictions, limitations, and silencing. It’s stressful to endure and necessary to speak on so we all understand the attacks on our profession, community, and patients. Developing and submitting resolutions at NCCL is an act of love, for ourselves as physicians and our communities."
New Physician Delegate: Theresa Dierker, DO (Royal Oak)
"It was a pleasure to network and brainstorm with my fellow New Physician colleagues from across the country as we came up with resolution ideas that are relevant to our constituency. By the end of the conference, I was energized to come back home and get more involved with MAFP, as well as brainstorming ideas for resolutions for my next NCCL."
International Medical Graduate: Anna Farhat, MD (Saint Clair Shores)
"Hearing common themes, stressing the importance of inclusion, health equity, and diversity, was extremely motivational. This validates not just IMGs, but everyone’s backgrounds, and provided a louder voice to highlight the wonderful things already happening, as well as things that need continued work."
LGBTQ+ Physician Ally: Jesse Krikorian, MD (Ann Arbor)
"I was able to co-author a resolution that was passed as well as offer amendments that were accepted on two others, and I gave testimony in reference committees and on Saturday about resolutions that were important to me. I was able to co-author a resolution that was passed as well as offer amendments that were accepted on two others, and I gave testimony in reference committees and on Saturday about resolutions that were important to me."
Call for Resolution Ideas
Do you have a proposed solution to a concern, a suggestion for a new AAFP initiative, or a requested AAFP policy that one or more of the delegates listed above can formulate into a formal resolution for proposal at the 2025 National Conference of Constituency Delegates? Email [email protected].
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