SALEM, Va. (WSET) — Tammy Snyder has been appointed 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, succeeding former Executive Director Rebecca Stackhouse, who retired last fall.
As executive director, Snyder will oversee the Salem VA Medical Center, a Level 1-C tertiary care teaching hospital, along with outpatient clinics in Danville, Lynchburg, Staunton, Tazewell and Wytheville. The health care system serves more than 78,000 eligible veterans across 26 counties in Southwest Virginia.
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“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 before advancing through several leadership positions, including chief of social work service. She later served as assistant director from 2021 to 2024 and associate director from 2024 to 2025 before being named interim executive director.
“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,” Snyder said. “And I have been doing it ever since.”
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 also a member of the Central Virginia Healthcare Executives Group, an independent chapter of the American College of Health Care Executives.
