Warren Newton MD MPH serves as the President and CEO of the American Board of Family Medicine. A family physician and health service researcher, he served as Vice Dean and Director of North Carolina AHEC and supported the founding of MedServe. A former residency director, Chair of Family Medicine and Dean of Education at the UNC School of Medicine, he is deeply committed to the transformation of practice and health education and led regional and statewide initiatives to develop a CCNC network, provide access to primary care for uninsured, and transform primary care practice in over 1400 primary care practices across the state. In education, he has led rural training initiatives in medical school and residency, set up residencies in FQHCs as well as instituted major changes in the UNC medical school curriculum, including the development of regional campuses, a new focus on improving population health, and a major increase in enrollment of underrepresented minorities.