Margarita Devlin is the Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs. In this role, she leads approximately 34,000 Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) employees who deliver a full array of non-medical benefits to Service members, Veterans, their families, and survivors. VBA provides Disability Compensation, Pension and Fiduciary, Home Loan Guaranty, Life Insurance, Education benefits, Outreach, Transition and Economic Development, and Veteran Readiness and Employment.
Through a nationwide network of 56 regional offices, special processing centers, and VBA headquarters, she oversees the administration of these programs for more than six million beneficiaries receiving more than $194 billion in direct benefits each year.
Before assuming her current duties, Ms. Devlin was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). There, she administered programs to advance employment opportunities, protect workplace rights, and provide transition assistance for hundreds of thousands of Veterans, service members, and military spouses annually.