2024-25 IAFP Board of Directors

Emma Daisy, MD
Board Chair 
Tapestry360 Health
Chicago

Kathleen (Kate) Rowland, MD, FAAFP
President
Rush University
Chicago

Corinne Kohler, MD, FAAFP
President-Elect
Champaign

First Vice President
Santina Wheat, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Northwestern -Delnor Family Medicine Residency
Geneva

Second Vice President
Syed (Mustafa) Alavi, MD, FAAFP
Erie Family Health Centers
Evanston

Treasurer
Christina Wells, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP, DipABLM
Mile Square Health Center
Cicero

Alexa Martin, MD
Intuitive, MD 
Chicago

Aaron Newcomb, DO,
FAAFP, FASAM 
Shawnee Health Care
Carbondale

Eukesh Ranjit, MD
SIU Center for Family Medicine
Springfield

Rebecca Maddrell, MD
Loyola Medicine
Maywood

Avinash Mantha, MD, FAAFP
Hines VA Medical Center
Maywood

Safiya McNeese-Ruffin, MD, FAAFP
SIU Alton Family Medicine
Residency Program
Alton

Romero Santiago, MD
Carle Health
Champaign

Eric Sullivan, MD 
Rush Univ. Med Center  
Chicago

Jennifer Thomas, MD, FASAM
Morris Hospital & Health Centers
Morris

Stefani Beard, DO
Rush University
Chicago

Sydney Doe, MD
Esperanza Health
Centers/RUSH
Chicago

Resident

Ashley Schaefer, MD
Advocate Lutheran General
Family Medicine Residency
Park Ridge

Delegate
Michael Hanak, MD, FAAFP 
Rush University Medical Center 
Chicago

Delegate
Monica Fudala Melendy, MD, FAAFP
ImagineMD
Schaumburg

Alternate Delegate

Santina Wheat, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Northwestern -Delnor
Family Medicine Residency
Geneva

Alternate Delegate
Tabatha Wells, MD, FAAFP
Be Well Health
Springfield