Mr. Ryan Lilly is the Director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network, the VA New England Healthcare System (VISN 1). He is a compassionate, servant leader who holds to the Veterans Health Administration's core principles of a High Reliability healthcare system. Mr. Lilly began his VA career as a Presidential Management Intern and has achieved continuous advancements through the VA ranks from medical center Finance Officer to Associate Director, Hospital Director, and now regional leader of VISN1. VISN1 is comprised of 8 medical centers, 45 community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), 6 nursing homes and 2 domiciliaries (residential homeless treatment centers) in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. As Network Director he manages a budget of $4.3 B and oversees 17,000 employees. His network is the most highly affiliated network in the VA system with top medical schools and other learning institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Tufts, Dartmouth, Brown, Boston University and more. He strategically manages one of the largest medical and mental health research portfolios in the nation.