Oscar g. Rodriguez | va augusta health care | veterans affairs

Mr. Oscar G. Rodriguez was appointed Deputy Executive Director of the VA Augusta Health Care System on February 27, 2023. Mr. Rodriguez’s appointment was confirmed by the Under Secretary for

Health, and he was sworn in as the first Deputy Executive Director, for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.  Prior to his appointment, Mr. Rodriguez was the Chief, Program Objective

Memorandum, Formulation and Synchronization Division in the Defense Information Systems Agency. Mr. Rodriguez served in the Veterans Health Administration from January 2013 – January 2022.

During his tenure, Mr. Rodriguez served in a multitude of details as part of the executive leadership team. His professional experience includes serving as Deputy Director, Associate

Director, Assistant Director, and Chief Financial Officer. He led multiagency teams to address complex challenges to further the VA mission. A retired Commissioned Officer, Mr. Rodriguez

served twenty years in the United States Army where he served seven years as an enlisted soldier before receiving his commission as a Finance Officer in 2000. Mr. Rodriguez has served in a

variety of positions to include Executive Officer in 2003 with the Third Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Deputy Director of Resource Management in

2005 with Area Support Group in Kuwait, Financial Management Commander in 2007 with the Third Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq, and Director of Finance Operations, and the Installation’s

Director of Resource Management (J8) for Joint Task Force, Bravo in Honduras. Mr. Rodriguez was born and raised in Puerto Rico, graduated from Inter-American University, and earned a Master

of Science in Finance from Webster University.