Catherine Wille MS, RD

Catherine Wille was appointed Assistant Director effective February 14, 2022. The Assistant Director role is a part of the executive leadership team and provides critical oversight and management of administrative hospital operations, including: Environmental Management Service, Nutrition and Food Service, Police and Security Service, Privacy, Prosthetics, and Voluntary Service. She is also responsible for indirect oversight of the Information Security Officers, OI&T, and the Canteen working collaboratively with their national offices.

Ms. Wille began her VA career in 2011 as a Clinical Nutrition Manager at the VA in Baltimore, Maryland. She held the position of Chief, Nutrition and Food Service in Maryland before she was appointed BVAHCS’ Chief, Nutrition and Food Service in 2019. She has over 10 years of program analysis and evaluation experience as an executive within the VA. She is black belt trained in lean management. She is process-driven and has proven successes in her previous roles. She has a history of volunteering in stretch assignments and covering challenging roles. In each of these scenarios, she has made a positive impact. She has served as the Acting Assistant Director on many occasions and shown both initiative and critical knowledge of the organizational culture in her ability to transition from Service Chief to Executive Leader. She graduated from Samford University with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in 2002 and a Master of Science in Nutrition from Georgia State University in 2004.