Lia Solursh has worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Loan Guaranty division for 5 years. Currently she is a Specially Adapted Housing Agent, administering a grant for disabled veterans. Lia is also in her final year at Georgia State University in Atlanta, working towards her MBA in Organizational Management. Completing her degree will help Lia learn to analyze complex business issues. “I want to make sure that I have the knowledge and expertise to become a highly effective leader, if/when I am given that opportunity,” she says.

Before Lia started working with the VA, she worked for herself as the owner of a jewelry import business. She never imagined she would work for the federal government, but has found a position that allows her to maintain a great deal of the freedom that she loves, but with excellent job security. “I tell young people that there are so many ways you can do what you are passionate about within the federal government. And public service gives you an opportunity to positively affect someone else’s life, which truly is a reward by itself!” Lia enjoys camping and yoga, and has been a belly dancer for eleven years.