Marisa Downs
Executive Assistant to the Director
VA Pittsburgh health care
Email: marisa.downs@va.gov
Phone: (412) 822-3598
Marisa Downs recently began serving as the Executive Assistant to the Director. She was previously the Interim Executive Assistant to the Director.
Ms. Downs began her VA career in June 2001 as a Veterans Service Representative (VSR) with the Cleveland Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Regional Office. She served from 2006-08 at VBA VA Central Office as an Operations Analyst and Chief of Program Operations with Compensation Service, and from 2008-13 with the Pittsburgh VBA Regional Office as a Supervisory VSR. She joined VAPHS in 2013 as the Executive Assistant to the Associate Director.
She is a graduate of VHA’s Healthcare Leadership Development Program and VBA’s Leadership Enhancement and Development Program and Leadership Development Program. Ms. Downs is a certified black belt in Lean Six Sigma and has a Bachelor of Arts in English and communications from John Carroll University.