He is currently the VISN 10 Senior Health System Specialist to the Network Director.  Prior to this appointment, he served as Executive Assistant to the Associate Director at VAAAHS. 

Mr. Bernhard has served as AO for Mental Health at VAAAHS, CBOC Manager in Columbus, GA, and VERA Coordinator in Tuskegee, AL.  Mr. Bernhard’s career at VA began as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. 

Mr. Bernhard is a U.S. Army Veteran, where he served as a Legal Noncommissioned Officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps.