R. Shawn Martin
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Driving strategy and advocacy, Shawn Martin is an AAFP leader, representing family medicine nationally.
Shawn Martin serves as executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the medical specialty organization representing 124,500 family physicians and medical students nationwide.
Guiding strategy and representing the Academy
Martin works with the board of directors on AAFP’s mission, strategy and vision and provides representation to other organizations, including medical, public and private sectors.
Before joining AAFP’s senior management team, Martin served as director of government relations and health policy and socioeconomic affairs at the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). He began his career at AOA as the assistant director of congressional affairs from 1999 to 2000, when he was promoted to deputy director of government relations and director of congressional affairs. In 2006, he was named director of government relations and health policy and in 2011, he also became director of socioeconomic affairs at the AOA.
Influencing health policy and collaborative reform
Martin has served on the National Quality Assurance Coalition Patient Centered Medical Home Advisory Board, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice Transformation Advisory Board, and the Hospital and Facilities Accreditation Program Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Panel. He has served in leadership roles in several coalitions in Washington, including six years as chair of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access. He is also an active member of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, where he has served in several official leadership roles since its inception in 2006.
In 2010, Martin received the Ryland Medal for Health Policy from the New York Institute of Technology, and in 2009, he received the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association President’s Citation. The Hill named him one of the top 10 health care lobbyists in Washington, D.C.
A native of Oklahoma, Martin earned his Bachelor of Science in business administration and marketing from Phillips University and a Master of Health Care Delivery Science from Dartmouth College.