Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network No.3 Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network No.15 Network Director, Veterans Integrated Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network No.21 Chief Employee Education Officer Chief, Policy, Planning, and Performance Quality Management Officer Director, Infrastructure Policy and Director, Policy and Planning Office Director. Management Review Service Chief Patient Care Services Officer Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for Hospital-Based Services JAMES FARSETTA ROBERT JONES, M.D. JAMES NOCKS, M.D. LEROY GROSS, M.D. LARRY DEAL ROBERT ROSWELL, M.D. LARRY DETERS LAURA MILLER LINDA BELTON JOAN CUMMINGS, M.D. ROBERT PETZEL, M.D. JOHN CARSON PATRICIA CROSETTI JOHN HIGGINS, M.D. VERNON CHONG, M.D. THOMAS TRUJILLO TERRANCE BATLINER BARRY BELL MARJORIE SUE WOLF Smith Jenkins, Jr. ROBERT MEANS, Acting JAMES DONAHUE GREGG PANE, M.D. NANCY WILSON, M.D. CHARLES KOERBER, Acting BRUCE PLECINSKI MAUREEN BALTAY THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D., GABRIEL MANASSE, M.D., Acting Deputy Associate Deputy Director Chief Medical Director for Ambulatory Care Assistant Chief Medical Director for Dentistry Assistant Chief Medical Director for Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical Prosthetics Assistant Chief Medical Director for Nursing Programs Chief Research and Development Officer Director, Medical Research Service Development Service Director, Rehabilitation Research and Chief Academic Affiliations Officer Director, Health Administrative Service Director, Management and Administrative Director, Environmental Management Director, Acquisition and Materiel Management Liaison Director, Medical Sharing Office Chief Financial Officer Director, Budget Office Director, Evaluation Office Director, Financial Management Office Director, Medical Care Recovery Office Chief Facilities Management Officer Director, Management and Planning Office Director, Property Management Office Director, Eastern Area Project Office Director, Western Area Project Office Director, Facilities Quality Office Director, Consulting Support Office Director, Asset and Enterprise Development Office Chief Information Officer Director, IRM Policy and Planning Service Director, Library and Audiovisual Communication Programs Director, Information Support Office Director, Decision Support System Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits Chief Information Officer ROBERT GEBHART, M.D. (VACANCY) (VACANCY) CONNER HIGGINS, M.D., Acting NANCY VALENTINE (VACANCY) PAUL HOFFMAN, M.D., Acting DANIEL DEYKIN, M.D. JOHN GOLDSCHMIDT, M.D. ELIZABETH M. SHORT, M.D., Acting ALFONSO BAtres LYDIA MAVRIDIS (VACANCY) JIM DELGADO THOMAS HOGAN JOHN FITZGERALD JOHN OGDEN, Acting ARTHUR HAMERSCHLAG J.P. BRAKEFIELD PAMELA DIX LAWRENCE HILL HAROLD GOODE JAMES LAWSON LLOYD SIEGEL JOHN HORNAK ANATOLIJ KUSHNIR R. DAVID ALBINSON LEONARD BOURGET JEAN MCVOY, Acting (VACANCY) MICHAEL WILLIAMS DANIEL MARSH R.J. VOGEL RAYMOND H. AVENT NEWELL QUINTON Assistant Secretary for Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration PATRICIA GRYSAVAGE VENTRIS GIBSON ALEXANDER HAVAS MARK P. DUROCHER PATRICK J. GARTLAND NADA D. HARRIS GARY J. KRUMP DENNIS DUFFY NORA E. EGAN H. DAVID BURGE EUGENE A. BRICKHOUSE RONALD E. COWLES GERALD K. HINCH ROBERT W. SCHULTZ The Department of Veterans Affairs operates programs to benefit veterans and members of their families. Benefits include compensation payments for disabilities or death related to military service; pensions; education and rehabilitation; home loan guaranty; burial; and a medical care program incorporating nursing homes, clinics, and medical centers. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established as an executive department by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201 note). The Department's predecessor, the Veterans Administration, had been established as an independent agency under the President by Executive Order 5398 of July 21, 1930, in accordance with the act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1016). This act authorized the President to consolidate and coordinate the U.S. Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions, and the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers. The Department of Veterans Affairs comprises three organizations that administer veterans programs: the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery System. Each organization has field facilities and a Central Office component. The Central Office also includes separate offices that provide support to the top organizations' operations as well as to top VA executives. Top Central Office managers, including the Inspector General and General Counsel, report to the highest level of Department management, which consists of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Secretary. Assistant Secretaries Five Assistant Secretaries provide policy guidance, operational support, and managerial oversight to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, the administrations, and other top offices. They include the Assistant Secretaries for Management, Policy and Planning, Human Resources and Administration, Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Congressional Affairs. Other central management offices are detailed as follows. Board of Veterans' Appeals The Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA) is responsible, on behalf of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for entering the final appellate decisions in claims of entitlement to veterans' benefits. The Board is also responsible for deciding matters concerning fees charged by attorneys and agents for representation of veterans before VA. The mission of the Board, set forth in title 38 of the United States Code, sections 7101-7109, is to conduct hearings, consider and dispose of appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner, and issue quality decisions in compliance with the law. The Board is headed by a Chairman, who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and who is directly responsible to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Members of the Board are appointed by the Secretary with the approval of the President and are under the administrative control and supervision of the Chairman. Each BVA decision is signed by a Board member acting as an agent of the Secretary. Final |