Deputy Executive Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

Brianne Ogilvie was appointed as the Deputy Executive Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization in February 2025.

Prior to this role, she served as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Policy & Oversight in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) since October 2024 and the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary since April 2021. In her roles, Ms. Ogilvie was responsible for ensuring the effective operation and oversight for ten Business Lines and Program Offices. These services and programs consist of over 24,000 employees and are responsible for over $154B in benefit payments to Veterans, service members, their family members, and survivors. Ms. Ogilvie led the coordination of enterprise-level initiatives, projects, and procedural changes that provide Veterans and claimants access to disability compensation, pension, education, vocational readiness, employment, transition assistance, insurance, and home ownership.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Ogilvie served as the Executive Director of the Office of Administrative Review (formerly Appeals Management Office). In this role, she administered VBA’s modernized decision review (higher-level review) program for Veterans and survivors and oversaw VBA’s legacy appeals, responsible for all related policy and operations for 2,100 employees nationwide. Before serving as the Executive Director, she served as the office’s Deputy Executive Director. Under her oversight, VBA significantly decreased its legacy appeals inventory from over 268,000 to approximately 30,000 and fully implemented and maintained a modernized disagreement process, exceeding all set timeliness goals.

Ms. Ogilvie is a 2024 Distinguished Presidential Rank Award winner.