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  • Rocky Mountain Network leaders describe a year of COVID-19 decisions

    Rocky Mountain Network leaders describe a year of COVID-19 decisions

    VA’s Rocky Mountain Network leaders share what they learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and describe the way forward.

  • From program participant to program leader, VRE director comes full circle

    From program participant to program leader, VRE director comes full circle

    VR&E Executive Director William F. Streitberger shares his journey from VR&E program participant to program leader and why a VA career is so rewarding.

  • Jo Ann K. Webb: NCA’s First Female Director

    Jo Ann K. Webb: NCA’s First Female Director

    Jo Ann K. Webb’s service as an Army nurse in Vietnam led to a career centered on Veteran-health policy and politics. In 1989, at age 41 with a slim portfolio, she was named Director of the National Cemetery System (now Administration). Webb became the highest-ranking woman at the Veterans Administration for two years, and one of only two women to head the organization. In an oral history interview made for Women’s History Month, Webb didn’t recall that her lofty position was a big deal at the time--but it was.

  • Health executive credits VA with post-military career rise

    Health executive credits VA with post-military career rise

    VA Palo Alto Health Care System Director Thomas Fitzgerald discusses his post-military career path at VA and Intermediate Care Technician careers.

  • VA establishes commission to recommend new under secretary for its Veterans Health Administration

    VA establishes commission to recommend new under secretary for its Veterans Health Administration

    The Under Secretary for Health manages VHA, the nation’s largest health-care system, which has an annual budget of approximately $61 billion and oversees the delivery of care to more than 9 million enrolled Veterans.

  • Dr. Carolyn Clancy Named Among Top 20 Most Influential People in Healthcare

    Dr. Carolyn Clancy Named Among Top 20 Most Influential People in Healthcare

    Health care providers who are considering a career at VA [...]

  • VA Leadership Sets Example for Recruiting

    VA Leadership Sets Example for Recruiting

    VA Secretary Robert (Bob) McDonald has made health care recruitment [...]

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Last updated November 11, 2025

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