Dr. Neil C. Evans is the acting program executive director (PED) of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office. Dr. Evans reports to VA’s Deputy Secretary and is responsible for coordinating agency efforts to implement a modernized federal electronic health record (EHR) across the VA enterprise, overseeing the functional, technical, and program management elements of the new EHR program.

Dr. Evans also serves as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and CIO, as well as the Chief Officer for the Office of Connected Care in the Veterans Health Administration, overseeing VA’s expansive telehealth program and Veteran-facing digital health capabilities including VA’s patient portal, mobile program, and other initiatives connecting Veterans with their VA health care teams.

Dr. Evans has over 20 years of experience in VA and remains an active primary care physician, managing a panel of patients in the Primary Care clinic at the Washington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has served in both clinical and IT-related leadership roles at the Medical Center level and at VA Central Office.

Dr. Evans began his VA career after completing medical school at Johns Hopkins University and training in Internal Medicine through the Osler Medical Residency, also at Johns Hopkins. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics and holds a faculty appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Prior to his medical training, he received a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware.

Ms. Holly Joers serves as the program executive officer for the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS). The mission of PEO DHMS is to transform the delivery of healthcare and advance data sharing through a modernized electronic health record for service members, veterans and their families. Ms. Joers oversees and provides guidance to multiple pro gram offices, including the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization’s delivery of a single, common, federal record; the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems’ delivery of operational medicine capabilities; and the Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions targeting data innovation. Ms. Joers continues to fulfill her deputy PEO role in overseeing acquisition lifecycle management framework implementation, program management, tracking requirements, personnel and resource management, metrics and contract management.

Ms. Joers most recently served as the interim deputy director for the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) program office. She led program office activities, including efforts to establish an organizational structure, staffing and priorities to ensure that FEHRM responsibilities, mandated by both the National Defense Authorization Act 2020 and the FEHRM Charter, are carried out effectively. Before joining PEO DHMS and FERHM, she served as the Chief of Strategic Sourcing for the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Management and Deputy Chief Management Officer. She was responsible for initiation and governance of the Air Force’s Category Management Program aimed at proactively and strategically managing costs. She also had oversight of the Headquarters Air Force contracted support services portfolio, ensuring disciplined governance, performance management, identification of efficiencies and implementation of con tinuous process improvement activities.

She began her career at Eglin Air Force Base, where she held several positions of increasing responsibility, including logistics management specialist; integrated product team lead; chief, Director’s Action Group/PEO Execution Group; and flight chief, Full-Scale Aerial Targets. Her experience spans multiple functional areas, including logistics, test, and program management, at multiple program levels, ranging from ACAT 1D to ACAT III weapons systems. She also served as the deputy director, F-35 Lightning II Production, F-35 Joint Program Office.

Ms. Joers holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech, a Master of Business Administration from University of West Florida and a Master of Science in National Security and Resource Strategy from National Defense University. Her professional certifications include Acquisition Corps Membership; DAWIA Level III, Program Management; and DAWIA Level III, Life Cycle Logistics. She completed courses at several defense colleges. She holds numerous awards and honors, including the Air Force Civilian Achievement Award, Air Armament Center Acquisition Logistician of the Year, Exemplary Civilian Service Award, Air Force Program Manager of the Year and OSD Exceptional Civilian Service Award.
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Amanda Purnell is the Director of Data and Analytics Innovation with the Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL). She has a primary focus of increasing meaningful use of information to increase access to care, improve equitable outcomes, and improve quality of life.

She has a passion for empowerment, equity, and engagement. She has training and experience in individual and systems change, prevention and holistic care, and health communication. Dr. Purnell has a PhD in Counseling Psychology from The Ohio State University.