Thomas A. Steinbrunner FACHE(Col, USAF, Ret)

which oversees VA care throughout the Pacific in the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), as well as the Manila VA Outpatient Clinic in the Philippines. 

Prior to this appointment, he served as interim Executive Director for the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS), and as the Executive Director of the Alaska VA Health Care System.

Mr. Steinbrunner has extensive experience collaborating with Department of Defense, Tribal, and Coast Guard health care systems to deliver health care services to Veterans in rural areas of the country.

Mr. Steinbrunner joined the VA following a distinguished 34-year military career, having retired in 2017. His military service includes leadership roles at various medical treatment facilities, in deployed operations, and at higher regional and Department of Defense levels. He has also led multi-national humanitarian missions providing healthcare to underserved populations in Haiti, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.

Mr. Steinbrunner is Board Certified in Healthcare Management and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.