The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed Chanel Bankston-Carter, a U.S. Army veteran, as acting executive director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, or OSDBU.
VA OSDBU announced Bankston-Carter’s appointment in a LinkedIn post published Friday.
In this capacity, she oversees programs to foster participation of service-disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned small businesses in VA procurement and federal contracting efforts.
She brings to the role a distinguished career in public service, experience in strategic transformation and small business engagement, and a commitment to expanding economic opportunities for veteran entrepreneurs.
Chanel Bankston-Carter’s Career Background
Bankston-Carter previously served as director of program integration for VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office. In this role, she was responsible for cross-organizational and cross-functional coordination of systems and programs across VA and the Department of Defense to VA’s new EHR system.
The University of Arkansas graduate has held various positions at VA, including director of strategic outreach and communications at OSDBU; VA Congressional Fellow for Sen. Tammy Duckworth; program manager for the Veterans Employment Service Office; director of the Customer Service Center at the VA Central Office; and supervisory program manager for the Center for Women Veterans.
She started her VA career in Waco, Texas, as a counseling psychologist.
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