Department of Veterans Affairs

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420

Phone, 202-273-4900

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Jesse Brown

Executive Assistant to the Secretary Roy Spicer

Special Assistant to the Secretary Patricia Carrington

Deputy Secretary Hershel Gober

Assistant to the Deputy Secretary (vacancy)

Chief of Staff Harold F. Gracey, Jr.

Veterans' Service Organization Liaison Allen ``Gunner'' Kent

White House Liaison Heyward Bannister

Director, Executive Secretariat Linda Kaufmann

Inspector General William T. Merriman, Acting

Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals Guy H. McMichael III

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Scott F. Denniston

Business Utilization

General Counsel Mary Lou Keener

Special Assistant to the General Counsel (vacancy)

Deputy General Counsel Robert E. Coy

Assistant General Counsels Phillipa L. Anderson, E. Douglas Bradshaw, Ronald H. Garvin, Walter A. Hall, Neal C. Lawson, Howard C. Lem, John H. Thompson

Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals Roger K. Bauer, Acting

Executive Assistant to the Chairman Marjorie A. Auer

Director, Management and Ronald R. Aument

Administration

Chief Counsel Steven L. Keller

Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation Richard C. Thrasher

Support

Deputy Chief Counsel, Legal Affairs Thomas D. Roberts

Vice Chairman Roger K. Bauer

Senior Deputy Vice Chairman Richard B. Standefer

Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Charles E. Hogeboom

I

Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Joaquin Aquayo-Pereles

II

Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Nancy R. Robin

III

Deputy Vice Chairman, Decision Team Mary M. Sabulsky

IV

Director, Administrative Service Nancy D. Stackhouse

Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D.

Administration

Chief of Staff Michael Hughes

Director, Executive Correspondence Pamela E. Galyean

Deputy Under Secretary for Health Thomas Garthwaite, M.D.

Chief Network Officer Jule D. Moravec

Director, Network Program Support William W. Graham, Acting

Veterans Integrated Service Network

(VISN) Directors:

Director, VISN No. 1 Denis J. FitzGerald, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 2 Frederick L. Malphurs

Director, VISN No. 3 James J. Farsetta

Director, VISN No. 4 Robert L. Jones, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 5 James J. Nocks, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 6 Leroy P. Gross, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 7 Larry R. Deal

Director, VISN No. 8 Robert H. Roswell, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 9 Larry E. Deters

Director, VISN No. 10 Laura J. Miller

Director, VISN No. 11 Linda W. Belton

Director, VISN No. 12 Joan E. Cummings, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 13 Robert A. Petzel, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 14 John T. Carson

Director, VISN No. 15 Patricia A. Crosetti

Director, VISN No. 16 John R. Higgins, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 17 Vernon Chong, M.D.

Director, VISN No. 18 Thomas A. Trujillo

Director, VISN No. 19 Terrence S. Batliner

Director, VISN No. 20 Barry L. Bell

Director, VISN No. 21 Marjorie Sue Wolf

Director, VISN No. 22 Smith Jenkins, Jr.

Medical Inspector James E. McManus, M.D.

Chief, Office of Employee Education Robert P. Means, Acting

Veterans Canteen Service Officer Jerry Kelly

Director, Emergency Medical Preparedness Joe Gray

Chief, Policy, Planning, and Performance Office Gregg Pane, M.D.

Director, Performance Management Nancy J. Wilson, M.D.

Office

Director, Delivery System Planning Bruce Plecinski

Office

Director, Policy and Forecasting Maureen S. Baltay

Office

Director, Reports Review and Paul C. Gibert, Jr.

Analysis

Director, Strategic Initiatives Alan T. Maurer

Office

Chief Patient Care Services Officer Thomas Holohan, M.D.

Director, Nutrition and Food Service Brenda L. Jenkins, Acting

Director, Social Work Service Donald G. Moses, Acting

Director, Chaplain Service (VAMC, Matthew A. Zimmerman

Hampton, VA)

Chief Consultant, Acute Care Gabriel Manasse, M.D., Strategic Healthcare Group Acting

Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Ronald J. Gebhart, Medical Director for M.D.

Ambulatory Care

Director, National Center for Health Robert Sullivan, M.D.

Promotion and Disease Prevention

Director, Spinal Cord Injury Service Margaret Hammond, M.D.

Director, Optometry Service (vacancy)

Director, Podiatry Service (vacancy)

Assistant Chief Medical Director for C. Richard Buchanan, Dentistry D.M.D., Acting

Chief Consultant, Prosthetic and Frederick Downs, Jr.

Sensory Aids Service Strategic Healthcare Group

Chief Consultant, Geriatrics and Judith A. Salerno, Extended Care Strategic M.D.

Healthcare Group

Chief Consultant, Diagnostic Theodore F. Beals, Services Strategic M.D., Acting

Healthcare Group

Director, Mental Health and Thomas B. Horvath, Behavioral Sciences Services M.D.

Chief Consultant, Rehabilitation Leigh C. Anderson, Strategic Healthcare Group M.D., Acting

Chief Consultant, Nursing Strategic Nancy M. Valentine

Healthcare Group

Chief Consultant, Pharmacy Benefits John E. Ogden

Management Strategic Healthcare Group

Chief Research and Development Officer John R. Feussner, M.D.

Director, Medical Research Program Paul Hoffman, M.D.

Director, Rehabilitation Research John Goldschmidt, M.D.

and Development Program

Director, Health Services Research (vacancy)

and Development Service

Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Susan H. Mather, M.D.

Officer

Director, Environmental Agents Fran M. Murphy, M.D.

Service

Director, AIDS Service (vacancy)

Chief Academic Affiliations Officer David P. Stevens, M.D.

Director, Graduate Medical Education Office Eliza M. Wolff, Acting

Director, Associated Health Education Office Linda Johnson, Acting

Director, Administrative Operations Office Evert Melander

Director, Readjustment Counseling Service Alfonso R. Batres

Chief Administrative Officer Lydia B. Mavridis

Director, Health Administration Charles R. DeCoste

Services Office

Director, Volunteer Service Office Jim W. Delgado

Director, Management and Thomas J. Hogan

Administrative Support Office

Director, Health Care Staff H. Bernard Palmer

Development and Retention Office

Director, Environmental Management Wayne Warren

Service

Director, Acquisition and Materiel Judith Mabry

Management Liaison

Director, Medical Sharing Office Arthur S. Hamerschlag

Chief Financial Officer W. Todd Grams

Director, Budget Office C.R. Wichlacz

Director, Evaluation Service George D. Perian

Director, Financial Management James P. Brakefield

Office

Director, Accounting/Reports and Ed Robbins

Systems Service

Director, Medical Care Cost Recovery Walter J. Besecker

Office

Chief Facilities Management Officer C.V. Yarbrough

Director, Program Management and Pam Dix

Planning Office

Director, Claims and Risk Management Robert L. Clontz

Office

Director, Real Property Management Lawrence J. Hill

Office

Director, Eastern Area Project Harold M. Goode

Office

Director, Western Area Project James W. Lawson

Office

Director, Facilities Quality Office Lloyd H. Siegel

Director, Consulting Support Office John P. Hornak

Director, Asset and Enterprise Anatolij Kushnir

Development Office

Chief Information Officer R. David Albinson

Director, IRM Policy and Planning Leonard R. Bourget

Service

Associate Chief Information Officer, Robert Kolodner, M.D.

Business Enterprise Solutions and Technology Services

Associate Chief Information Officer, Daniel Marsh

Implementation and Training Services

Director, Telecommunications Support Robert Bruce, Acting

Service

Associate Chief Information Officer, Roy Swatzell

Technical Services

Associate Chief Information Officer, Gail Belles

Customer Service

Director, Library and Audiovisual Wendy Carter

Communication Programs

Director, Office of Information Michael Williams

Management

Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits R.J. Vogel, Acting

Administration

Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits Stephen L. Lemons

Chief Financial Officer Robert W. Gardner

Chief Information Officer Newell Quinton

Director, Office of Executive Patricia Grysavage

Management and Communications

Director, Office of Human Resources Ventris Gibson

Director, Eastern Area David A. Brigham

Director, Central Area Patrick Nappi

Director, Southern Area Leo C. Wurschmidt

Director, Western Area Jack McReynolds

Director, Compensation and Pension Kristine A. Moffitt

Service

Director, Education Service Celia Dollarhide

Director, Insurance Service Thomas Lastowka

Director, Loan Guaranty Service Keith Pedigo

Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Jeffrey T. Goetz, Service Acting

Director, National Cemetery System Jerry W. Bowen

Consultant Louise Ware

Director, Office of Field Operations Roger R. Rapp

Director, Field Programs Service Fred L. Watson

Director, Technical Support Robert B. Holbrook

Service

Director, State Cemetery Grants William Jayne

Service

Director, Office of Operations Vincent L. Barile

Support

Director, Administration Service Michael Herway

Director, Budget and Planning Daniel Tucker

Service

Director, Executive Alexander Havas

Communications and Public Affairs Service

Director, Information Systems Mark P. Durocher

Service

Director, Memorial Programs Lawrence De Meo, Jr.

Service

Directors, National Cemetery System Area Offices:

Philadelphia, PA Patrick J. Gartland

Atlanta, GA Robert Wilk

Denver, CO Thomas G. Balsanek

Assistant Secretary for Management D. Mark Catlett

Deputy to the Assistant Secretary Stanley R. Sinclair

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shirley C. Carozza

Budget

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Frank W. Sullivan

Financial Management

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nada D. Harris

Information Resources Management

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Gary J. Krump

Acquisition and Materiel Management

Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Dennis Duffy

Executive Assistant Nancy Tackett

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Edward Chow, Jr.

Policy

Associate Deputy Assistant Irwin Pernick

Secretary for Policy

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nora E. Egan

Planning

Director, National Center for H. David Burge

Veterans Analysis and Statistics

Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Eugene A. Brickhouse

Administration

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Ronald E. Cowles

Resources Management

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Equal Gerald K...