Dr. Amanda Lienau is the Director of Data and Analytics Innovation with the VHA Innovation Ecosystem. She has lead dozens of small scale and large-scale innovation initiatives with a primary focus of increasing meaningful use of information to increase access to care, improve equitable outcomes and improve quality of life. Prior to that time, she was the Senior Innovation Fellow working on a project to democratize data and the Innovation Specialist at the VA St. Louis Health Care System. She has also held leadership roles in implementing programs for prevention, integrative and complimentary care and health behavior change at VA. She has extensive experience and training in facilitation and advancing learning in adults. Dr. Lienau has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The Ohio State University.