Ronald Rutherford

• Company Overview: VACO, Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation (OPCC&CT), Washington, DC
• As the Lead for Whole Health Outreach since 2020, I have had the pleasure of interacting with hundreds of Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs), Veteran Serving Non-Profits and other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Whole Health has made substantive progress building relationships and Partnerships with many of them to Inform, and educate the Veterans they serve about VA Whole Health services.
• This position has allowed me to introduce the VA Whole Health model to numerous organizations and meet with their senior leadership to discuss synergies between the VA and their organizations
• I co-manage a team of eight dedicated OPCC&CT employees on the Veteran Outreach & Integration for Connections & Expansion (VOICE) VSO and Other Community Partnerships team
• The Purpose of that team is to identify strategic opportunities with VSO’s, Community Organization partners and internal VA program offices to build relationships, educate, make recommendations to senior OPCC&CT leadership, assist with the spread of Whole Health and ultimately drive demand for Whole Health services at VA facilities nationwide.
• Over 30 years of experience in the Healthcare Field, and 9 as a Field Based Implementation Consultant with OPCC&CT.
• My knowledge in a variety of health care systems and environments, experiencing their different operations, functions and principals has enabled me to take a 'Fresh Eyes' approach on many of my projects in my role, as well as my previous FIT consultant role
• I have a myriad of experience evaluating programs and organizational performance both in the military healthcare system and in the VA

As a FIT Consultant for the VA Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation (OPCC&CT), I routinely applied organizational change management principles and techniques and developed/provided valued consultation and strategic direction and support to VHA Facilities nationwide for 9 years.

• Served 26 years on Active Duty in a Myriad of Roles and Duty Stations