Meg Kabat
Meg Kabat brings over 30 years of experience in veteran-centered clinical care, public service, and national health policy to her role as Executive Advisor at PsychArmor. A licensed clinical social worker and certified case manager, Meg is widely recognized for her leadership in supporting service members, Veterans, caregivers, and military families through both direct practice and transformative system-level change.
Before joining PsychArmor, Meg served as Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)—the nation’s second-largest federal agency and largest integrated health care system. During her fourteen-year tenure at the VA, she also served as Principal Senior Advisor and Senior Advisor for Families, Caregivers, and Survivors, and from 20151–2019, as Deputy Director and then National Director of the VA Caregiver Support Program. Her leadership was instrumental in advancing access to critical services, including the expansion of caregiver support, reproductive health services for women Veterans, and implementation of the historic PACT Act.
Her efforts have supported the housing of more than 75,000 homeless Veterans and expanded eligibility for care to previously underserved Veteran populations. Her hallmark is combining clinical insight with policy innovation to improve the well-being of Veterans and their families at scale.
In addition to her federal leadership, Meg has contributed her expertise as a Senior Director at Atlas Research, where she supported the U.S. Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention Office (SAPRO) and co-led the COVID Nursing Home Commission for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), helping shape national recommendations to protect vulnerable populations during the pandemic.
Meg began her federal career as a civilian social worker and case manager with the United States Navy at the National Naval Medical Center in 2003 and quickly rose to positions of leadership due to her dedication to the military community. She holds a BA in Psychology from the College of the Holy Cross and an MSW from The Catholic University of America.
Meg also serves on the Board of Directors of Our Military Kids, a nonprofit that empowers military children through extracurricular activity grants during a parent’s deployment or recovery from combat-related injuries.