Director, board development committee chair
Brandon LeFlore-Nemeth currently serves as an Executive Officer with the VA Office of Inspector General, Division for Healthcare Inspections. Brandon served five years in the Army prior to joining the Hines VA Hospital in the Greater Chicago area. There, he served in various roles from 2007 – 2015. He then moved to Yokosuka, Japan, serving as the Health System Specialist and Analytics Manager with the Directorate for Healthcare Business at United States Naval Hospital Yokosuka. In that position, he provided oversight to three business managers and more than 30 clinic managers and department heads across Japan and the Indo-Asia Pacific Region focusing on clinic effectiveness and compliance with Navy and local business rules. Other functions included healthcare analytics, data integrity, analytics training, and process redesign consultation. Brandon returned to the VA in 2018 to serve as the Health System Specialist to the Deputy Director-Patient Care Services, Portland VA Healthcare System. Brandon received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University and his Master’s in Business Administration with a specialization in Healthcare from the Florida Institute of Technology. In addition, he has received certification as a Professional in Human Resources and has been trained in Lean Six Sigma Process Redesign for Healthcare. On a personal note, Brandon is married and has a Labrador Retriever. Outside of work, he enjoys whitewater rafting, indoor rock climbing, travelling around the world (21 countries so far), and is attempting to learn Spanish.