Aaron Grobengieser MS, RD, LDN, FACHE

Mr. Aaron Grobengieser MS, RD, LDN, FACHE is the Associate Director for Operations overseeing operations at Nashville VA Medical Center.

Prior to his selection, Grobengieser served as the Interim Associate Director for Operations since April 2022. Before his assignment as Associate Director for Operations, he served as the chief of nutrition and food services for VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. In this role, he championed multiple facility-level programs, including a leading role in establishing whole health services and the VA Voices program.

Before this, he served as the site manager for the Nashville nutrition and food services and as the chief of nutrition and food services at VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System.

Mr. Grobengieser is a registered dietitian and has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Eastern Illinois University. He is a graduate of the Healthcare Leadership Development Program, the VISN 9 Leadership Institute, and was inducted in 2026 as a Fellow of the American of College Healthcare Executives. He sits on the national contracting group responsible for subsistence procurement nationwide, as well as the national nutrition standards board.