The Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chillicothe is introducing its new Director.
Kenneth J. Mortimer is currently the Associate Medical Center Director at the Herschel “Woody” Williams Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia, where he has served since 2018. Mortimer’s official appointment as Chillicothe’s VA Director will be effective March 26th.
Kenneth J. MortimerPhoto: Department of Veterans Affairs
Mortimer first joined the Department of Veterans Affairs as an Administrative Fellow/Health Systems Specialist at the St. Louis VA Health Care System in 2007. He then served as a Health Systems Specialist and Executive Assistant to the Chief Medical Officer for VISN 15 beginning in 2009. In 2013, Mortimer was appointed a Program Analyst for the Office of the Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Health for Policy and Planning in Washington DC. He then served as Charlotte VA’s Health Care Center Administrator beginning in 2015 until her earned the Huntington Associate Medical Center Director position.
Mortimer holds three Masters degrees: a Master of Social Work and Master of Health Administration from Washington University, and a Master of Military Art and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth in 2013. He also holds a Bachelor’s in Philosophy from Ohio Northern University.
Jane Johnson, who is currently serving a temporary assignment as Chillicothe’s interim Medical Center Director, will return to her position as Cincinnati VAMC’s Director. Huntington’s interim Associate Medical Center Director will be named in the near future.