There is a change happening in Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) executive leadership following historic transformations to improve the program for veterans. The recently departed executive director William Streitberger will be missed after years of massive improvements, and I wanted to take a few minutes to extend my gratitude. Will moved on to run the Chicago Regional Office as the agency transitions to new leadership of its many programs. He started his VA career at that location as an Employment Coordinator after serving in the Navy. I’ve been working to help improve VR&E for over a decade to include some degree of interaction with program senior leadership. I was first introduced to Will when he took over the program in 2018 and met him in person a year later. He seemed like a great leader and overall solid guy. Hopefully his next adventure running the Chicago office is a successful one.