Jon Beidelschies JD, FACHE

As executive director, Beidelschies is responsible for managing, and directing the planning and evaluation of healthcare services as well as administrative and supporting operations for a health care delivery system in Norwest Indiana comprised of VA Medical Centers in both Fort Wayne and Marion, Ind. with five VA Outpatient Clinics in Mishawaka, Peru, Muncie, Huntington, Ind. and Defiance, Ohio. VANIHCS is a complex, integrated health care system containing 243 hospital beds and 180 Nursing Home Care Unit beds, approximately 1,600 employees, a catchment area covering over 15,000 square miles, servicing over 40 counties in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan and serving more than 45,000 Veterans. Due to geographic proximity, VANIHCS also provides administrative support for the Vet Centers in South Bend and Fort Wayne, and the National Cemetery in Marion. 

He comes to VANIHCS from the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in suburban Chicago, where he most recently served as the Associate Director of Operations.  

Beidelschies has extensive healthcare leadership experience. He was named Associate Director of Operations at Hines VA Hospital in April 2021 overseeing the daily operations of a Level 1A VA Medical Center serving over 57,000 unique Veterans annually. He was previously appointed Assistant Director at Hines in 2019. In prior roles, he served as a national Program Manager in the Veterans Health Administration Procurement & Logistics Office, overseeing the national policy, training, and human capital development of the 6,500+ person VHA Logistics/Supply Chain workforce.  

He has served in acting roles including acting Deputy Network Director, Legacy VISN 10, acting Executive Director, VA Illiana Health Care System, acting Associate Director at the Washington, DC, VA Medical Center, and acting Chief Logistics Officer, Legacy VISN 5. He joined federal service in 2008 as a Presidential Management Fellow, serving as a Special Assistant to the Network Director in Legacy VISN 4.  

Beidelschies is board-certified in healthcare administration as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School and has a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University. 

CAREER CHRONOLOGY:  

2024 – Present Executive Director, VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System  

2021 – 2024 Associate Director – Operations, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital 

2024 Acting Deputy Network Director, Legacy VISN 10  

2023 Acting Executive Director, VA Illiana Medical Center  

2019 – 2021 Assistant Director, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital  

2013 – 2019 Lead Supervisory Program Manager, VHA Procurement & Logistics Office  

EDUCATION:  

2008 Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wis. 

1994 Bachelor of Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis. 

AFFILIATIONS:  

American College of Healthcare Executives, Fellow 

Fort Wayne Leadership Board, Member 

Indiana University Fort Wayne Healthcare Advisory Board, Member 

VA Health Care Leadership Development Program, Coach