The Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians Foundation was founded in 1988 as the Family Health Foundation of Mississippi.  In 2003, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name.  The founding board was as follows:

Joseph E. Johnston, MD  Mt. Olive, MS, President
Eugene G. Wood, Jr., MD  Jackson, MS, Vice-President
Walter D. Gunn, MD  Quitman, MS
*James C. Waites, MD  Laurel, MS
Ralph L. Brock, MD  McComb, MS
*John G. Atwood, MD  Meridian, MS
*Charles D. Taylor, MD  Pass Christian, MS
Leonard H. Brandon, MD  Starkville, MS
*William H. Parker, MD  Heidelberg, MS
John F. Patterson, MD  Pontotoc, MS
Alyce F. Polmore, Secretary/Treasurer

*Deceased

2010 - 2011 Board of Trustees