Kathleen Kennedy

In this role she has direct full-line authority and responsibility for Finance, Patient Administration, Group Practice Management, Healthcare Business, Strategic Planning, Voluntary Services, Communications, Emergency Management, Patient Advocate/Customer Service, Staff Experience and the Fisher House at the Captain James A. Lovell FHCC. Ms. Kennedy is also the primary agency partner with Human Resources.

Ms. Kennedy began her career in the VA as an Administrative Fellow at the FHCC in 2011. Since then, she has served at the FHCC as the Health Systems Specialist to the Nurse Executive, Facility Planner and Executive Assistant to the Medical Center Director. Ms. Kennedy then moved to the VISN 12 office as the Executive Assistant to the Network Director, and Special Assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary for Healthcare Operations and Management before returning to the FHCC as the Assistant Director in February 2020. 

Ms. Kennedy served as the COVID-19 Incident Commander for the FHCC and served as the Executive Sponsor for the implementation of the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Supply system in August 2020 and the deployment of the Federal Electronic Health Record in March 2024. Ms. Kennedy is certified in Change Management through the National Center for Organizational Development (NCOD) Prosci model.

Ms. Kennedy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY and a Master’s in Health Care Administration from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.. Ms. Kennedy received a commendation from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 2017 for her leadership in the initiative to provide emergency mental health care services to Veterans with an Other Than Honorable discharge.