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 DEWEY SPENCER Chief of Staff HAROLD F. GRACEY, JR. Veterans' Service Organization Liaison PHILIP RIGGIN White House Liaison HEYWARD BANNISTER Executive Secretary LINDA KAUFMAN Inspector General STEPHEN A. TRODDEN 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 NEIL RICHMAN Deputy General Counsel ROBERT E. COY Assistant General Counsels JOHN H. THOMPSON, NEAL C. LAWSON, WILLIAM E. THOMAS, JR., HOWARD C. LEM, NORMAN G. COOPER Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals CHARLES L. CRAGIN Executive Assistant to the Chairman MARJORIE A. AUER Director, Management and Administration RONALD R. AUMENT Chief Counsel STEVEN L. KELLER Counsel to the Chairman, Litigation Support RICHARD C. THRASHER, Acting Counsel to the Chairman, Legal Affairs THOMAS D. ROBERTS, Acting Vice Chairman ROGER K. BAUER Deputy Vice Chairman RICHARD B. STANDEFER 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 GALYEAN Medical Inspector CHARLES KOERBER, Acting Staff Director (VACANCY) Deputy Under Secretary for Health THOMAS GARTHWAITE, M.D. Executive Assistant (VACANCY) Associate Chief Medical Director for JULE MOREVAC Operations Regional Director (Region 1ÐEastern) BARBARA GALLAGHER Regional Director (Region 2ÐCentral) DAVID WHATLEY Director, Field Support ALAN T. MAURER Regional Director (Region 3ÐSouthern) JOHN HIGGINS, M.D. Regional Director (Region 4ÐWestern) SHEILA CULLEN, Acting 481 482 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director for DAVID H. LAW, M.D., Acting Clinical Programs Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical GABRIEL MANASSE, M.D., Acting Director for Hospital-Based Services Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical ROBERT GEBHART, M.D. Director for Ambulatory Care Assistant Chief Medical Director, Dentistry CHESTER P. PACZKOWSKI, D.D.S. Assistant Chief Medical Director for THOMAS T. YOSHIKAWA, M.D. Geriatrics and Extended Care Director, Readjustment Counseling Service ALFONSO A. BATRES, M.D. Assistant Chief Medical Director for SUSAN H. MATHER, M.D. Environmental Medicine and Public Health Deputy Associate Deputy Chief Medical CONNER HIGGINS, M.D., Acting Director for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics Assistant Chief Medical Director for Nursing NANCY VALENTINE Programs Associate Chief Medical Director for Research RAYMOND SPHAR, M.D., Acting and Development Director, Medical Research Service MARTIN ALBERT, M.D. Director, Health Services Research and DANIEL DEYKIN, M.D. Development Service Associate Chief Medical Director for Academic ELIZABETH M. SHORT, M.D. Affairs Director, Affiliated Residency Programs VICTOR S. WAHBY, M.D., Acting Director, Learning Resources Service DIANE WIESENTHAL, Acting Director, Associated Health Professions CHARLOTTE BEASON Education Programs Service Director, Administrative Operations Staff EVERT H. MELANDER, Acting Director, Continuing Education Service (VACANCY) Associate Chief Medical Director for Quality GALEN BARBOUR, M.D. Management Director, Quality Management Systems JAY HALPERN Office Director, Quality Management Planning SCOTT BECK and Evaluation Director, Risk Management DEBBY WALDER Associate Chief Medical Director for LYDIA B. MAVRIDIS Administration Director, Administrative Services (VACANCY) Director, Medical Information Resources ROBERT KOLODER, M.D. Management Office Director, Management Support Office THOMAS J. HOGAN Director, Health Care Staff Development HUBERT B. PALMER and Retention Office Director, Medical Care Cost Recovery WALTER BESECKER Office Director, Medical Sharing Office ARTHUR S. HAMERSCHLAG Chief Financial Officer TODD GRAMS Director, Medical Programs Budget Office C.R. WICHLACZ Director, Strategic Planning and Policy JAMES M. GREGG Office Director, Management Review and MAUREEN S. BALTAY Evaluation Office DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 483 Director, Construction Project LINDA KURZ Coordination and Budget Office Director, Construction Policy, Criteria and BRUCE PLECINSKI Facility Development Plan Office Associate Chief Medical Director for C.V. YARBROUGH Construction Management Deputy Associate Chief ROBERT L. NEARY, JR. Director, Program and Financial PAMELA P. DIX Management Office Director, Information Management Office MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS Director, Real Property Management LAWRENCE J. HILL Office Director, Eastern Area Project Office HAROLD M. GOODE Director, Western Area Project Office JAMES W. LAWSON Director, Facilities Quality Office LLOYD H. SIEGEL Director, Consulting Support Office JOHN P. HORNAK Director, Asset and Enterprise ANATOLIJ KUSHNIR Development Office Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits R.J. VOGEL Administration Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits RAYMOND H. AVENT Chief Information Officer WILLIAM STINGER Director, Office of Executive Management PATRICIA GRYSAVAGE and Communications Director, Office of Human Resources VENTRIS GIBSON Director, Debt Management Staff DANIEL D. OSENDORF Director, Office of Information Technology GEORGE VAVERIS Director, Eastern Area DAVID A. BRIGHAM Director, Central Area STEPHEN L. LEMONS Director, Southern Area LEO C. WURSCHMIDT Director, Western Area JACK MCREYNOLDS Director, Compensation and Pension Service J. GARY HICKMAN Director, Education Service CELIA DOLLARHIDE Director, Office of Resource Management ROBERT GARDNER Director, Loan Guaranty Service KEITH PEDIGO Director, Veterans Assistance Service NEWELL QUINTON Director, Vocational Rehabilitation Service LARRY WOODARD Director, Insurance Service THOMAS LASTOWKA Director, National Cemetery System JERRY W. BOWEN Special Assistant DINA C. WOOD Director, Office of Field Operations ROGER R. RAPP Director, Field Programs Service FRED L. WATSON Director, Technical Support Service ROBERT B. HOLBROOK Director, State Cemetery Grants Service HAROLD F. GRABER Director, Office of Operations Support VINCENT L. BARILE Director, Administration Service (VACANCY) Director, Budget and Planning Service DOROTHY M. MACKAY Director, Executive Communications and ALEXANDER HAVAS Public Affairs Service Director, Information Systems Service MARK P. DUROCHER Director, Office of Memorial Programs DONNELL S. MOHR Director, Claims Evaluation Service CHRISTINE FARRELL Director, Acquisitions Service JOSEPH C. KEPPLE Directors, National Cemetery System Area Offices: Philadelphia, PA PATRICK J. GARTLAND 484 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL 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 Budget SHIRLEY C. CAROZZA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial FRANK W. SULLIVAN Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information NADA D. HARRIS Resources Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition GARY J. KRUMP and Materiel Management Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning DENNIS DUFFY Executive Assistant NANCY TACKETT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy EDWARD CHOW, JR. Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for IRWIN PERNICK Policy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning NORA E. EGAN Director, National Center for Veterans H. DAVID BURGE 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. HINCH Opportunity Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration ROBERT W. SCHULTZ Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security and JOHN H. BAFFA Law Enforcement Assistant Secretary for Public and KATHY ELENA JURADO Intergovernmental Affairs Executive Assistant MARTI MCALISTER GALLO Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs JAMES H. HOLLEY Deputy Assistant Secretary for DALE L. RENAUD Intergovernmental Affairs Director, Veterans Canteen Service JAMES B. DONAHOE Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs EDWARD P. SCOTT Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional (VACANCY) Liaison Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative (VACANCY) Affairs 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) 5398 of July 21, 1930, in accordance was established as an executive with the act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. department by the Department of 1016). This act authorized the President Veterans Affairs Act (38 U.S.C. 201 to consolidate and coordinate the U.S. note). The Department's predecessor, the Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions, Veterans Administration, had been and the National Home for Volunteer established as an independent agency Soldiers. under the President by Executive Order DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 485 486 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL The Department of Veterans Affairs supervision of the Chairman. Each BVA comprises three organizations