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Biography
Douglas E. Dembling
Associate Chief Officer for Program
Coordination
Doug Dembling is currently the
Associate Chief Officer for Program Coordination in
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of
Public Health and Environmental Hazards (OPHEH). In
this capacity Doug is responsible for consulting,
advising, and leading OPHEH in areas of management,
policy, planning, organization, administration,
structure and development. He is responsible for
coordinating within OPHEH, with other offices in the
Veterans Health Administration and VA, and with
various other governmental and non-governmental
entities.
Previously, Doug was the Senior
Congressional Relations Officer with VA's Office of
Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA). In
that position he was responsible for identifying and
evaluating policies and legislation affecting VA
that were of concern or interest to the Congress.
He provided guidance and technical advice to
Department leaders and managers on legislative and
congressional oversight issues. Doug’s work with
OCLA focused on health care issues notably public
health and environmental hazards as well as research
and other areas. During his 16 year tenure with
OCLA, Doug managed hundreds of congressional
hearings and briefings involving top VA officials.
He was responsible for researching hearing and
oversight issues, briefing top Department officials,
and representing VA’s position to Members of
Congress and their staff on numerous health care
issues.
Before joining OCLA, Doug was a
Senior Management Analyst with VA's Seattle Office
of Inspector General (OIG) working at over 25 VA
health care facilities primarily in the West and
Pacific Northwest. He was a team leader in his last
position with the OIG, responsible for planning,
supervising, and directing field reviews and
management audits at VA facilities.
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