Vince Kane
Director, Wilmington VA Medical Center (Retired January 2023)

Mr. Vincent Kane was appointed Director for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wilmington in May 2017. Wilmington is a level 2 complexity facility serving more than 40,000 Veterans throughout Delaware and southern New Jersey. Prior to this appointment he served as the Interim Associate Director for Operations at the Wilmington VAMC. Other prior assignments include Special Assistant to the SECVA. In this role, his task was to help VA resolve litigation, advanced a new master plan for the GLA campus to include enhanced clinical services and housing for homeless Veterans while developing plans to prevent and end Veteran homelessness. Mr. Kane also served as Associate Director at Lebanon VAMC, the National Director of the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and VHA’s Executive Officer for Mental Health Services. He was instrumental in the implementation of HUD-VASH, adoption of Housing First, SSVF and VA’s Community Resource and Referral Centers. He also advanced research related to MISSION for Veterans with co-occurring disorders, suicide prevention among homeless Veterans and multiple studies related to Housing First and program evaluation for VA Homeless Services. Mr Kane also Partnered with VA Research to develop a homeless research portfolio and the creations of the HSR&D CREATE model that coordinates research priorities with the program office.  He has published in peer review journals on issues related to mental health, homeless and improving the Veteran Experience. He is a recipient of both a Samuel J. Heyman Award and the John D. Chase Award for Executive Excellence and recently received the 2022 Thomas Wynn Sr. Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. He brings a wealth of clinical/ field experience, global perspective, and a proven track record of building community partnerships to care for Veterans. A graduate of Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and Social Research, Mr. Kane has more than 30 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and administrator. Currently resides in Mullica hill, NJ.