The Daily Sentinel reports the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that Michael Kilmer will be the new director of the Aurora-based system.
The eastern Colorado system serves more than 94,000 veterans and has a budget of more than $786 million.
Kilmer will also oversee the system’s 11 outpatient facilities in the region.
Kilmer will start the new job in mid-September. He is replacing former director Sallie Houser-Hanfelder who retired in May.
Associate director Patrick Hull will serve as the interim director of the Grand Junction facility.
Kilmer became the director in Grand Junction in April 2017.