WAFP Foundation Provides Updates, Elects Leadership at Annual Meeting

As part of WAFP’s annual House of Delegates event, the WAFP Foundation — the philanthropic arm of WAFP, though a separate entity — provided its annual update to membership. (If you’re a WAFP member, then you are a member of the WAFP Foundation too.)

The Foundation’s secretary, Farion Williams, MD, updated attendees on the organization’s activities over the past year:

• Awarding more than $100,000 in flexible grants to Washington’s three medical schools to fund family medicine interest groups (FMIGs), scholarships, rural training, and other activities.
• Hosting the annual Student and Resident Retreat to provide additional education and networking opportunities for our state’s students and family medicine residents.
• Supporting 25 medical students to attend the AAFP’s National Conference (rebranded as FUTURE 2025 starting this year).
• Sponsoring family medicine residents to attend the annual WSMA Leadership Conference to develop future physician leaders.

As part of the annual meeting, attendees also approved nominations for Foundation leadership:

• Vice President: Kristin Larson, MD
• Treasurer: Michael Luce, MD, FAAFP
• Director: Kym Clift, MBA
• Director: Rachel Wood, MD, MPH, FAAFP
• Medical Student Representative: Emily Crose, OMS-2

If you have questions about the Foundation or are interested in getting more involved, please email us at info@wafp.net.