New Hefner VA director named

Published 12:00 am Friday, September 21, 2012

SALISBURY — The Department of Veterans Affairs has tapped the one of the top veterans’ health care executives in New Mexico to be the next director of the W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center.
Kaye Green will oversee delivery of health care to more than 82,000 Veterans living in the 24-county Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina, and an operating budget of $359.4 million, a press release said.
 “We are excited to bring Ms. Green on board as the new medical center director in Salisbury,” Daniel F. Hoffmann, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network director, said in the press release. “The leadership qualities and experience she demonstrated at other VA facilities will yield hefty returns for Medical Center employees, volunteers, and most importantly, the veterans we are privileged to serve.  I am confident that under her leadership, the medical center will flourish.”
 Green has served in a variety of leadership positions, including her most recent post as associate director of the New Mexico VA Health Care System in Albuquerque, N.M., and prior positions as an associate director of the VA Healthcare System in Bay Pines, Fla., and as a health systems specialist in Veterans Integrated Service Network Eight.
 Green holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Wayland Baptist University, with specialization in healthcare administration.  She is a graduate of the inaugural class of VHA’s Executive Career Field Candidate Development Program, Health Care Leadership Institute and Leadership VA.  She is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.