Deanna Lamb serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Northwest Health Services, the largest Federally Qualified Heath Center in Missouri. Northwest offers medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, school-based counseling services, medication assisted treatment services, and also serves as a Veteran’s Choice Provider in Northwest Missouri. In her current role, Deanna provides overall supervision and direction for 14 clinics supporting rural and underserved communities.
She began her military career serving as a combat medic assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade in Ft. Benning, Georgia and served on both active and reserve duty for eight years. Deanna was appointed by the Secretary of the VA to the Veteran’s Rural Health Advisory Committee in Washington, DC in 2017.