Daniel Kulenich

Daniel Kulenich currently serves as the Deputy Director for VA Northern California Health Care System. He brings extensive leadership experience from his previous roles as Associate Director and Deputy Director at VA Palo Alto Health Care System, where he was responsible for operational assessment and oversight in alignment with VA policies and standards across a large regional area. He has directed administrative operations for more than 30 clinical services and supervised several key departments at VA Palo Alto, and has held federal roles including Health System Specialist to the Director of Loma Linda VA, Administrative Officer to the Chief Medical Officer of VISN 4, Patient Advocate at Pittsburgh VA, and Health Readiness Coordinator for the Department of Defense.

Before entering federal service, Mr. Kulenich worked as a quality and process improvement consultant for manufacturing and logistics operations and served as Assistant Plant Manager of Operations for a software manufacturing corporation. He is a U.S. Army veteran who served in both Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Mr. Kulenich holds a Master’s degree in Project Management, a Bachelor’s degree in Logistics and Marketing, and a diploma in Vocational Nursing. He is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE) and a graduate of VA’s Health Care Leadership Development Program.