Darwin Goodspeed

Darwin G. Goodspeed was appointed as Director VA Portland Health Care System by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs on November 25, 2018. His previous position was Director of the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) since December 2013. Prior to that he was the Associate Director at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center from February 2011 to November 2013. He also served as Acting Director of the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center from May to June 2013.

Mr. Goodspeed has more than 25 years of experience in health care leadership positions within VA, Department of Defense (DOD), and the private sector. He is a retired Naval officer having served 21 years on active duty first as a hospital corpsman and then as a Medical Service Corps officer. Mr. Goodspeed enlisted in the Navy in 1982 and was subsequently commissioned in 1990 and retired at the rank of lieutenant commander in 2003.

Mr. Goodspeed holds a Master in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire College, and a Master in Health Care Administration from Baylor University and an undergraduate degree in Business Management/Information Systems from the University of Maryland. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).