Aila Boyd
Tammy Snyder has been named executive director of the Salem VA Health Care System after serving in the role on an interim basis since October 2025.
Snyder was sworn in July 13 following the retirement of former Executive Director Rebecca Stackhouse. She now leads the Salem VA Health Care System, which includes the VA Medical Center in Salem, a Level 1-C tertiary care teaching hospital, and outpatient clinics in Danville, Lynchburg, Staunton, Tazewell and Wytheville. The health care system serves more than 78,000 eligible veterans across 26 counties and 8,800 square miles of Southwest Virginia.
“I am honored and humbled to lead a committed, compassionate, top-notch team,” Snyder said in a news release. “I am proud to continue Salem VA’s 92-year legacy of putting Veterans first, providing quality care and a heart for every hero who walks through our door.”
Snyder has worked at the Salem VA Health Care System for more than 23 years. She joined the organization in 2003 as a social worker in the homeless program and later served as chief of social work service. She was assistant director from 2021 to 2024 before becoming associate director from 2024 to 2025.
“When I first started at Salem in 2003, I was a social worker for the homeless program, and I knew then that serving our nation’s Veterans was my calling. And I have been doing it ever since,” Snyder said.
Snyder earned a master’s degree in social work from Radford University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in business administration from Emory & Henry College. She is a member of the Central Virginia Healthcare Executives Group, an independent chapter of the American College of Health Care Executives.
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