12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
Tallahassee / Orlando / Tampa, FL 8/7-10/2018 SECVA
(7th) Tallahassee - National Cemetery site visit / VA Health Care Center site
visit / Ceremony for renaming the Tallahassee HCC 3:30pm
(8th) Orlando VAMC site visit / Remarks at the AMVETS Convention 1pm
(9th) Tampa Haley VAMC site visit / VISN 8 Network Office site visit / St.
Pete's VARO site visit
(10th) Tampa - Jewish War Veterans convention 11:30am
Commercial Flight &
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
CMSgt Kevin Krohn, Senior Advisor
Jose Llamas, Special Assistant (Tallahassee)
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant (Orlando & Tampa)
Bedminster, NJ 8/12/2018 SECVA
Event w/POTUS Government Vehicle SECVA
Kansas City, MO 8/14/2018 SECVA
Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization(OERHM) Kick Off / Kansas
City VAMC site visit / Truman Library & Museum
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
Boston, MA 8/15/2018 SECVA
VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus site visit
Remarks @ National Association of State Directors of Veterans
Affairs(NASDVA)
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
Minneapolis, MN / Dallas, TX
Cleveland, OH
8/28-31/2018 SECVA
(28th) - MN - Fort Snelling National Cemetery site visit / American Legion Dinner
(29th) MN - Medial / Remarks at the American Legion Convention / Minneapolis VA
Health Care System site visit
(30th) Dallas - 2018 PVA Healthcare Summit / Media / Dallas VAMC site visit
(31st) Cleveland, OH - Media / Louis Stoke VAMC site visit / Remarks for Dedication
Ceremony for the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff (MN Only)
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
CMSgt Kevin Krohn, Senior Advisor (TX & OH Only)
Ashleigh Barry, Senior Communications Advisor Brian
Mitchell, SECVA Speechwriter Jose Llamas,
Special Assistant (MN & OH Only)
Monica Smith, Special Assistant (TX Only)
Atlanta, GA 9/7/2018 SECVA
Remarks at Military Women's Coalition / Marcus Foundation visit / Keynote @
5th Annual Warrior Community Integration Symposium / Atlanta VAMC site
visit and meet with Chairman Isakson
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Director of Communications
Chekita Hamilton, SECVA Speechwriter
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
Las Vegas, NV 9/20-22/2018 SECVA
Site visit at the Southern Nevada Healthcare system & Las Vegas Vet Center
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
San Antonio, TX 9/24/2018 SECVA
Remarks at Reunion for the 1st Battalion, 83rd Artillery / South Texas VA
Health Care System
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
Bluemont, VA 9/29/2018 SECVA
Visited the Boulder Crest Retreat for Military and Veterans Wellness Government Vehicle
SECVA
CMSgt Kevin Krohn, Senior Advisor
Fayetteville/Wilmington, NC 09/30-10/1/2018 SECVA
Fayetteville Health Care Center, Wilmington Health Care Center and
Wilmington National Cemetery
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
Seattle, Walla Walla, Spokane, WA
Anchorage, Alaska
10/15-21/2018
SECVA
15th - American Lakes VA Clinic / Joint Base Lewis McCord - Madigan
Hospital / Seattle VA Puget Sound HCS
16th - Walla Walla VA Medical Center
17th - Congressional Military Family Caucus(MFC) @ Fairchild Air Force Base
& Mann-Ograndstaff VAMC/Spokane Vet Center
18th - Alaska VA Healthcare System / Alaska Native Medical Center /
Fort Richardson National Cemetery
19th - Anchorage stand down / VA Homeless Veterans Domiciliary /
Meet w/Gov. Walker
20th - Remarks at Alaska Federation of Natives Convention w/Senator
Sullivan
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff (Washington)
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant
Jose Llamas, Special Assistant (Washington)
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant (Anchorage)
Columbus, OH 10/27/2018 SECVA
Remarks and Grand Opening Ceremony for National Veterans Memorial &
Museum and site visit to the Chalmers P. Wylie Ambulatory Care Center
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher D. Syrek, Deputy Chief of Staff
David Balland, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
New Orleans, LA / Oxford, MS 10/30-11/3/2018 SECVA
(30th) Visited Kehoe-France School, Bastion Community of Resilience,
Community Resource & Referral Center (CRRC) & Slidell CBOC
(31st) VA Regional Office, Jackson Barracks, Loyola University of New
Orleans & National Veterans Small Business Engagement
(1st) National Veterans Small Business Engagement, Southeast Louisiana
Veterans Health Care System site visit
(2nd) MS - University of Mississippi, Trent Lott Institute, Mississippi State
Veterans Home of Oxford, Meet w/Mayor Tannehill and Gov. Bryant, Veterans
Alumni Gala
(3rd) Honoring Veterans Football Game Coin Toss
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher D. Syrek, Deputy Chief of Staff
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
New York, NY 11/9-10/2018 SECVA
Live Interview w/Fox News
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Baltimore, MD 11/13/2018 SECVA
Remarks @ Baltimore Veterans Treatment Court - 1:45pm
Baltimore VA Medical Center site visit
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
CMSgt Kevin M. Krohn, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Katie Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
Greenville / Spartanburg / Clemson, SC 11/16-18/2018 SECVA
16th - Greenville VA Outpatient Clinic visit / Meet w/Mayor White of Greenville, SC /
Tour & Meet w/Veterans at Edward Via Collage of Osteopathic Medicine(VCOM) / Call
w/Governor McMaster
16th - Clemson University Military Appreciation Dinner
17th - Meet w/Mayor Cook of Clemson, SC / Clemson University Military Appreciation
week & game
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Katie Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
Muskogee / Ada / Oklahoma City, OK 11/27-28/2018 SECVA
27th - Muskogee VAMC & VARO site visits
28th - Chickasaw Nation Community Center for Tribal Veterans Town Hall & Tribal
Health Care Center / Oklahoma City VAMC visit
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Katie Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Monica Smith, Special Assistant
Los Angeles, CA / Kona & Honolulu,
Hawaii
12/9-13/2018 SECVA
(10th) LA VBA Regional Office / West LA VA Health Care site visit / UCLA Campus visit
(12th) Kona, HI - Remarks at Winter Meeting w/Western Governors Association / Kona
CBOC site visit
(12th) Honolulu, HI - Pearl Harbor visits
(13th) Punch Bowl / Honolulu Regional Benefits Office visit / VAMC visit / Ambulatory
Care Center visit / Community living center visit
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff (LA only)
Brooks Tucker, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and
Legislative Affairs (LA only)
Colonel Andrew Gainey, Senior Advisor
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Katie Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Monica Smith, Special Assistant (LA Only)
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA (HI only)
Michael Meador, Special Assistant (HI only)
Fayetteville, NC 12/14-15/2018 SECVA
(15th) Commencement Speaker at the Methodist University Winter Commencement
Ceremony
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Tanya Turner, Special Assistant
12/18/2020
2019
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
Augusta, ME/White River Junction,
VT/Manchester, NH
4/18-19/2019 SECVA
(18th) Groundbreaking ceremony at Maine Veterans Home w/Sen. Collins / Togus
VAMC Site visit and tour of Cabin in the woods housing
(19) White River Junction VAMC site visit / Manchester VAMC and Community Living
Center site visit
Commercial Flight and
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Pamela Powers, Chief of Staff of Veterans Affairs
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA Leah
Le’Vell, Special Assistant, (Advance- ME) Chelsea
Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (Advance-VT&NH)
Wilmington, DE 4/29 SECVA
Wilmington VAMC Leadership briefing / Veterans Summit w/Senator Carper /
University of Delaware visit w/Senator Carper
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Special Assistant, OCLA
Leah Le’Vell, Special Assistant, (Advance)
West Palm Beach, FL
Charleston, SC
5/2-5/4 SECVA
2nd - West Palm VAMC site visit
3rd - Charleston CMOP site visit / Clinical Annex Groundbreaking Ceremony /
Charleston VAMC Site Visit / Media
4th - The Citadel Commencement Address
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Christopher Syrek, Deputy Chief of Staff of Veterans Affairs
(FL only)
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA (SC only)
Leah Le’Vell, Special Assistant, (Advance- FL)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (Advance-SC)
Memphis, TN / Montgomery, AL /
Tuskegee, AL / Toccoa Falls, GA
5/15-5/18 SECVA
16th - Memphis VAMC site visit
17th - Central Alabama VAMC site visit / Montgomery VA Regional Office site visit /
Tuskegee VAMC site visit
8th - Toccoa Falls College Commencement Address
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Monica Smith, Special Assistant, (Adv. TN only)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. AL only)
Leah Le’Vell, Special Assistant, (Adv. GA only)
Little Rock AR / New York, NY 5/20-5/23 SECVA
21st - John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital site visit / Eugene J. Towbin
Healthcare Center site visit / Little Rock Regional Office site visit / Law Enforcement
Training Center(LETC) site visit / Keynote Speaker at the VA Police Awards Dinner
22nd - Fisher House Dedication Ceremony / James J. Peters VAMC site visit 23rd - NY
Harbor VA Health Care System site visit / In Studio Live FOX News and FOX Nation
Interviews
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. AR only) Monica
Smith, Special Assistant, (Adv. NY only)
Charlotte, NC 6/1-6/2 SECVA
1st - Keynote speaker for the WWII 449th Bomb Group Association Event Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Bedford & Salem, VA 6/6/2019 SECVA
Speech at the 75th Anniversary of D-Day Ceremony "The Final Salute" / Salem VA
Medical Center site visit
Government Flight and
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Pamela Powers, Chief of Staff of Veterans Affairs
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. AR only)
Brooklyn & Queens, NY /
Cincinnati & Dayton, OH
6/26-29/2019 SECVA
26th - St. Albans VA Community Living Center site visit / Brooklyn VAMC site visit
27th - Cincinnati VAMC site visit / Clermont County Community Based Outpatient Clinic
site visit
28th - Dayton Cemetery site visit / Dayton VAMc site visit
29th - Return travel day
Commercial Flight and
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications Monica
Smith, Special Assistant, (Adv. NY only) Leah
Le’Vell, Special Assistant, (Adv. OH only)
Matthew Webb, Special Assistant, (Adv. NY & OH only)
Milwaukee/Tomah, WI 7/1-2/2019 SECVA
1st - Milwaukee VAMC/Regional Office site visits
2nd - Tomah VAMC site visit
Commercial Flight and
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv.)
Spokane, WA / Wasilla, AK / Fairbanks,
AK
7/16-19/2019 SECVA
17th Spokane, WA - Remarks at the Vietnam Veterans National Convention 18th
Wasilla, AK - Mat-Su VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic / Phone Interview w/Koan
Radio / Call w/Mayor Cottle / Wasilla Vet Center visit / Benteh Nuutah Valley Native
Primary Care Center visit / Meet w/Gov. Dunleavy / Tour Pioneer Home
18th Fairbanks, AK - Call w/Mayor Jim Matherly / Phone interview w/NPR
19th Fairbanks VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic / Bassett Army Community
Hospital / Phone Interview w/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner / Visit Fairbanks Borough
Chambers
Commercial Flight and
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA
Leah Levell, Special Assistant, (Adv. WA)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv.AK)
Orlando, FL 7/22-23/2019 SECVA
23rd - Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention / Group Media /
Visit Phillips Pod
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Syrek, Deputy Chief of Staff
Kevin Krohn, Senior Enlisted Advisor
Leah Levell, Special Assistant, (Adv.)
12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
Pohnpei, Guam, Saipan,
Commonwealth of Mariana Island
(CNMI) and American Samoa
7/28-31/2019 SECVA
28th Pohnpei, FSM - Meet w/Ambassador Riley / Wreath Laying Ceremony / Tour USCGC
Kiska / Inauguration Interdenominational Service / Townhall w/Veterans and Spouses /
Inauguration Cultural Event.
29th Pohnpei, FSM - Meet w/Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert & Chief of Staff Leo
Falcam Jr. / Inauguration of President W. Panuelo & Members of the 21st Congress / Call
w/H.E President Panuelo / Call w/Hon. Speaker Wesley / Meet w/Australian Minister / Meet w/
Palau Vice President Oilouch / Inauguration Ball.
30th Guam - Visit U.S. Naval Hospital / Guam Veterans Cemetery / War in the Pacific
National Historical Park tour / Meet w/Gov. Josh Tenorio / Guam Veterans Listening Session /
Guam CBOC visit / Guam Vet Center & Annex visit / Guam Community College VA Benefits
Workshop and claims clinic.
31st Saipan - Visit Saipan Outreach Clinic / Meet w/Gov. Arnold Palacios / Meet
w/Congressman Gregorio Sablan / VA Benefits Workshop and claims clinic / Tour American
Memorial Park.
31st American Samoa - Visit Vet Center / VA Benefits Workshop and claims clinic / Meet
w/Gov. Moliga / Visit Tropical Medical center / Meet w/Congresswomen Radewagan /
Veterans Listening Session / Visit CBOC.
Commercial Flight /
Military Aircraft
SECVA
Pamela Powers, Chief of Staff of Veterans Affairs Michael
Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary Katie
Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Wilmington / Fayetteville / Butner, NC 8/6-7/2019 SECVA
6th - Fayetteville Tech Trade Show; NC Military Defense and Economic Development
Trade Show w/Sen. Tillis & Sen. Burr; Interview w/Bladen Journal; Wilmington Health
Care Center site visit 7th - Veterans
Life Center visit; Interview w/WFNC 640AM; Assoc. of US Army Braxton Bragg Chapter
Soldiers Excellence Lunch
POV
SECVA
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Kevin Krohn, Senior Enlisted Advisor
Cathy Haverstock, Special Assistant, OCLA
Leah Levell, Special Assistant, (Adv.)
Boise, ID / Cheyenne, WY 8/13-16/2019 SECVA
14th - Interview w/Kasper&Chris Show KBOI Radio; Boise VAMC site visit; Interview
w/Cynthia Sewall Idaho Statesman; Boise Regional Office site visit; Boise Vet Center
site visit; Interview w/Madeline White, KIVI Ch. 6 15th -
Cheyenne Vet Center site visit; Cheyenne Regional Office site visit; Cheyenne VAMC
site visit; Interview w/Joy Greenwald KGAB Radio; Interview w/Catherine Wheeler
Wyoming Public Radio; Interview w/Aaron Brown KGWN-TV; Phone call w/Gov.
Gordon / Meeting w/Congresswomen Cheney
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
David Balland, Special Assistant, OCLA
Matt Webb, Special Assistant, (Adv. ID)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. WY)
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, (Adv. WY)
Indianapolis, IN / Nashville, TN 8/27-29/2019 SECVA
28th (IN) - Interview w/Brandon Smith, Indiana Public Broadcasting / Remarks at the
American Legion Convention / Phone call with Indiana Gov. Holcomb / Interview with
John Russell, Indianapolis Business Journal. 29th (TN) -
Remarks at the VA/DoD Suicide Prevention Conference.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. IN)
Katie Childress, Director, Mission Operation, (Adv. TN)
Tel Aviv, Israel & Jerusalem 9/7-12/2019 SECVA
7-8th - 2 days of travel.
9th - Meetings with Mr. Zohar Polti, Director of Political-Military Affairs and Mr. Hezi
Mashita, Head of Rehabilitation Unit / Lunch with Mr. Eli Ben-Daham, Deputy Minister of
Defense / Meeting with Ms. Hemda Marx, Head & Deputy Director of "Fund for
Discharged Soldiers" & Israeli Defense Force Manpower Division / Tour of Warrior's
house / Dinner with Disabled Veterans. 10th - Tour & Wreath-Laying at Mount
Herzl / Tour & Wreath-Laying at The World Holocaust Remembrance Center / Meeting
with Mr. Israel Katz, Minister of Foreign Affairs / Roundtable with Medical Rehabilitation
"Starts Ups" / 9/11 Memorial Lighting Ceremony with AMB Friedman, Prime Minister
Netanyahu / Tour and dinner with AMB & Mrs. Friedman at Zion Museum
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Mrs. Julie Wilkie
Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Deputy Under Secretary for Education &
Affiliated Networks
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv.)
Blacksburg, VA 9/13-15/2019 SECVA
13th - Staunton National Cemetery tour / Leadership briefing and tour at the Fralin
Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion / Leadership briefing and tour of the Helmet
Lab / Meet with Veterans @ Virginia Tech. 14th -
Pre-Football Game Salon event / Visit with Veterans and Student Veterans @ VT
Tailgate / Worsham Field Pre-game event and game.
15th - Return travel day
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Mrs. Julie Wilkie
Katie Childress, Director, Mission Operation, (Adv.)
Fargo, ND / Ft. Meade & Rapid City, SD
/ Des Moines, IA / Los Angeles, CA
9/30-10/5/2019 SECVA
30th - Travel day only.
1st - Fargo, ND: VA Health Care System / Interview w/DAY-TV / VA Regional Office /
Meeting w/Gov. Doug Burgum / Healing w/Hyperbaric visit.
2nd - Ft. Meade, SD: VA Black Hills Health Care System / Interview w/Rapid City
Journal.
2nd - Rapid City, SC: Met w/Tribal Veteran Service Officers.
3rd - Des Moines, IA: VA Central Iowa Health Care System / Interview w/KCCI-TV /
Des Moines Vet Center visit / Phone call w/Gov Kimberly Reynolds / Radio Interview
w/WHO Radio. 4th - Los Angeles, CA: Ambulatory Care Center / Interview w/KPCC
Southern CA / Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center & Nursing Home. 5th - Los Angeles,
CA: LA National Cemetery Columbarium Dedication.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff (IA only)
Brooks Tucker, Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Matt Webb, Special Assistant, (Adv. IA)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. ND&CA)
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, (Adv. SD)
Loma Linda, CA / Yorba Linda, CA /
Palo Alto, CA
10/8-12/2019 SECVA
8th - Travel day only.
9th - Loma Linda, CA: VA Health Care System / Ambulatory Care Center / Interview
w/Press Enterprise / San Bernardino Vet Center / Riverside National Cemetery.
10th - Yorba Linda, CA: Interview w/KTIE-AM "The Answer" / Nixon Library Remarks.
11th - Palo Alto, CA: VA Health Care System / VA Health Care System - Menlo Park
Division / Peninsula Vet Center / Golden Gate National Cemetery. 12th -
Travel day
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, (Adv. LL & YL, CA)
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, (Adv. Palo Alto)
12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, PA 10/17-18/2019 SECVA
17th (Philadelphia) - VA Regional Office / Interview w/Dom Giordano WPHT Radio /
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center / Interview w/Nina Feldman WHYY
Radio / Philadelphia VA Clinic.
18th (Pittsburgh) - Interview w/John Shumway KDKA Morning Show / Pittsburgh
Healthcare System - University Campus / Interview w/Megan Harris WESA Radio /
Allegheny Cemetery Soldiers Lot / HJ Heinz Campus / Pittsburgh VA Regional Office.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, (Adv. Pittsburgh) Edward
Diaz, Special Assistant, (Adv. Philadelphia)
Baton Rouge & New Orleans, LA 10/28-29/2019 SECVA
28th (Baton Rouge) - National Cemetery visit / Phone interviews with WWL & WWNO /
North Outpatient clinic visit / South Outpatient clinic visit / Vet Center visit / Phone
Interview with Emily Woodruff (Times Picayune)
29th (New Orleans) - Fisher House Groundbreaking ceremony with Media.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, (Adv.) Cathy
Haverstock, Special Assistant, OCLA
Topeka, KS & Kansas City, MO 11/24-25/2019 SECVA
25th (Topeka, KS) - Eastern Kansas Health Care System VAMC visit / Working lunch
w/Sen Jerry Moran.
25th (Kansas City, MO) - WWI Museum and Memorial visit / Town Hall w/Sen. Moran /
Phone call w/Gov. Laura Kelly, KS.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA
Raleigh-Durham & Asheboro, NC 12/9-10/2019 SECVA
9th (Raleigh) - National Cemetery visit / Vet Center visit.
9th (Durham) - VA Health Care System visit / UNC Radio Interview w/Jay Price.
10th (Asheboro) - Walmart Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
John Mashburn, Senior Advisor
Glenn Johnson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, OCLA
12/18/2020
2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
New York, NY 1/6-8/2020 SECVA
6th - Late travel day.
7th - Fox & Friends Interview / Staten Island Community clinic visit / Staten Island Vet
Center visit / Fox News evening edit interview.
8th - Early travel day.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
James Hutton, Assistant Secretary, OPIA
Brooks Tucker, Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Koror, Palau / Kwajalein Atoll, RMI /
Majuro, RMI
1/15-21/2020 SECVA
15th-Travel day: Departed Joint Airforce Base Andrews to Hickam Airforce Base, HI
(RON)
16th - Travel day: Departed Hickam AFB, HI to Koror, Palau.
17th - Arrive Koror, Palau: Discussion on Tech Camp for Veterans / Meet w/ Vice
President Raynold Oilouch / Pullaside w/Minister of Health, Dr. Emais Roberts / Visit
Camp Katuu / Dinner w/Ambassador Wallace Chow, Embasyy Taiwan. 18th - Travel
day to Kwajalein Atoll, RMI. 19th -
Kwajalein Atoll, RMI: Visit Marshallese Cultural Center / Windshield tour / Reef Sweep /
Kwaj Familiarization. Travel to Majuro, RMI. 20th -
Majuro, RMI: Dinner w/Delegation / Inauguraton Ceremony / Courtesy Call w/New
President and members of cabinet / Courtesy call w/speaker of Natijela (Parliament) /
Tour of Majuro Hospital w/Minister of Health and Taiwan Delegation / Meet and Greet
w/Marshallese Veterans. 21st - Travel to
Honolulu, HI (Cross International Dateline, arrive Jan 20th). 21st - Travel to
Joint Base Andrews.
Government Plane
SECVA
Pamela Powers, VA Chief of Staff
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Katherine Childress, Director of Mission Operations, OSVA
Hot Springs/Rapid City, SD 3/1-3/2020 SECVA
1st - Late travel day.
2nd - Hot Springs VA Medical Center visit. / Media Availability. / Hot Springs National
Cemetery visit. / State Veterans Home visit. / Rapid City Vet Center visit.
3rd - Early travel day.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Christopher Syrek, Deptuy Chief of Staff
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
David Balland, Deputy Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA
Baltimore, MD 5/18/2020 SECVA VAMC Facility Tour Government Vehicle
SECVA
Quantico, VA 5/25/2020 SECVA Quantico National Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Charlotte, NC 6/10-11/2020 SECVA
10th - W.G. (Bill) Hefner VAMC visit.
11th - Charlotte Health Care Center visit / Media Interview with WSOC / Charlotte
CBOC visit / Charlotte Vet Center visit.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Quantico, VA 6/15/2020 SECVA Quantico National Cemetery Observe Committal Service Kickoff Event Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Sewell, Wildwood & Cape May, NJ 6/18-19/2020 SECVA
18th - Travel day.
19th - Keynote Address at Department of New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars
Convention / Meet with Congressman Van Drew.
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Katherine Childress, Director Mission Ops
Phoenix, AZ/Tucson, AZ/Kansas City,
MO
6/28-07/02/2020 SECVA
28th - Travel day.
29th - Phoenix Regional Office visit / Phoenix Healthcare System visit / Phoenix Indian
Medical Center visit / Meeting with Gov. Ducey.
30th - Southern Arizona VAMC visit / Northwest Tucson Clinic visit.
1st - Travel day
2nd - Kansas City Medical Center visit / Kansas City Vet Center visit / Leavenworth
National Cemetery visit.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary of Congressional
and Legislative Affairs
Detroit, Battle Creek / Ann Arbor, MI 7/13-14/2020 SECVA
13th - Travel day / John D. Dingell VAMC visit / Telephone interview w/Jay Greene,
Crain's Detroit Business.
14th - Media interview w/WBCK radio / Battle Creek VAMC visit / Media interviews
w/WXMI-TV and WWMT-TV / Ann Arbor Healthcare System visit / Media interview
w/WJBK-TV and WDIV-TV.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Senior Advisor, Congressional and
Legislative Affairs
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA
Philadelphia-Lebanon-Wilke-Barre, PA /
East Orange, NJ / River-Northport-New
York, NY
7/21-24/2020 SECVA
21st - Travel day / Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC visit / 1-1 Interview w/Lauren
Mayk, NBC Universal / Lebanon VAMC visit / 1-1 Interview w/Jim Sinkovitz, WGAL
NBC Affiliate.
22nd - Wilkes-Barre VAMC visit / Call w/Gov. Tom Wolf, PA / Interview w/Bill O'Boyle,
Wilkes-Barre Time Leader Newspaper / 1-1 Interview w/Mark Hiller, WBRE / East
Orange, NJ VAMC visit / Zoom Interview w/Checkey Beckford, WNBC-TV NY / Call
w/Gov. Phil Murphy, NJ. 23rd - Calverton
National Cemetery visit / Northport VAMC visit / Interview w/Tom Kuser, WSHF/WSHU
Public Radio (NPR, NY/CT). 24th - NY Harbor
Healthcare System visit.
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Senior Advisor, Congressional and
Legislative Affairs
Matthew Webb, Special Assistant, OSVA (PA)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (NJ/NY)
Pittsburgh, PA 7/29/2020 SECVA
H. John Heinz III VAMC visit / Mercurio Gelato and Pizza Veteran Owned Business visit
/ Forever Heart Apiary Veteran Owned Busniess visit
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA
Hampton-Chesapeake-Virginia Beach,
VA / Butner, NC
7/30-8/01/2020 SECVA
30th - Travel day.
31st - Hampton VAMC visit / Chesapeake VA Clinic visit / Virginia Beach VA Clinic visit.
1 Aug - Veterans Life Center Ribbon Cutting Ceremony w/Sen. Tillis.
Government Vehicle
SECVA
Brooks Tucker, Acting Chief of Staff
John Mashburn, Senior Advisor (NC only)
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-Hampton)
Edward “Ted” Diaz, Staff Assistant, OSVA (Adv-Butner)
12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode Travel Party
Indian Trail, NC 8/8/2020 SECVA
Meeting w/VFW National Commander Hal Roesch / Michael Verado's Tenth Alive Day
Dedication Ceremony.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
John Mashburn, Senior Advisor
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCAL
Katie Childress, Director of Mission Operations, OSVA
Dayton / Columbus / Cleveland, OH 8/9-12/2020 SECVA
9th - Late travel day.
10th - Dayton VAMC visit / National VA History Center Event / Dayton National
Cemetery visit / Columbus Vet Center visit.
11th - Chalmers P. Wylie Ambulatory Care Center visit / Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC
visit.
12th - Early travel day.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
John Mashburn, Senior Advisor
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCAL
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA
Springfield, IL 8/25-26/2020 SECVA
25th - Late travel day.
26th - Camp Butler National Cemetery Complex 2nd Inaugural Address Plaque
Unveiling Event / Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum / Oak Ridge Cemetery
Wreath Laying Upon Lincoln's Tomb.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA
Jonesboro, ME 8/28-29/2020 SECVA
28th - Late travel day.
29th - Acadia National Cemetery Dedication Ceremony / Media Avail w/ Samantha
Gatcome, Wreaths Across American Media; Sarah Craighead Dedmon, Editor Machias
Valley News Observer; Rick Heller, The Quoddy Tides; The Ellsworth American.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Ted Diaz, Special Assistant, OSVA
Nashville, TN/Johnson City, TN/Atlanta,
GA/Columbus, GA
9/1-4/2020 SECVA
1st - Late travel day.
2nd - Tennessee Valley HealthCare System Visit / International Plaza VA Clinic Visit.
3rd - James H. Quillen VAMC visit / Virtual Townhall w/Sen. Tillis / Mountain Home
National Cemetery Visit / Call w/Gov. Brian Kemp.
4th - Atlanta VAMC visit / Columbus, GA VA Clinic visit.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (TN)
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA (GA)
West Haven & Newington, CT 9/16-17/2020 SECVA
16th - Late travel day.
17th - Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Visit / Newington VA Clinic Visit.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Ted Diaz, Special Assistant, OSVA
Miami, FL / Long Beach & Riverside, CA
/ Billings, Helena, Ft. Harrison, Missoula
& Kalispell, MT
9/23-29/2020 SECVA
23rd - Travel day / Miami Healthcare System visit / Miami Vet Center visit / Zoom
Interview w/WTVJ (NBC, Miami) Reporter Jackie Nespral.
24th - Travel day to CA / Long Beach Healthcare System Visit / TV Interview w/KCAL
(CBS, Los Angeles).
25th - Keynote speaker for the American Indian Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking
Ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery / Travel day to MT. 26th - Virtual MT Tribal
Official Engagement. 27th -
Sunday
28th - Ft. Harrison VA Medical Center visit / Missoula VA Clinic visit / Missoula Vet
Center visit. 29th - Kalispell VA Clinic visit / Kalispell Vet Center visit.
Commercial Flight
SECVA
Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief
Financial Officer (Helena & Kalispell Only)
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Senior Advisor, OCLA
Albert Guerrero, Travel Coordinator, OSVA (Adv-Miami) Matt
Webb, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-CA)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-MT)
Cheyenne, WY & Denver, CO 10/7-9/2020 SECVA
7th - Late travel day
8th - Meeting with Wyoming Governor Gordon in Cheyenne / Cheyenne National
Cemetery visit and dedication event / Fort Logan National Cemetery visit / Travel to
Denver, CO
9th - Early travel to DC
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary for Congressional
and Legislative Affairs
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv)
Prescott, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT, &
Aurora, CO
10/14-16/2020 SECVA
14th - Travel day / Northern AZ VAMC visit / Interviews with Peter Samor KTAR &
Chuck Roberts KQNA radio / Interview with Angela Scott, AZTV / Prescott National
Cemetery visit / Travel to Salt Lake City, UT
15th - Salt Lake City Health Care System visit / Provo Vet Center visit / South Jordan
VA Clinic visit / Travel to Denver, CO 16th -
Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC visit / Travel to DC
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Katherine Childress, Director of Mission Operations
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Senior Advisor, OCLA
Matt Webb, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-AZ)
Albert Guerrero, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-UT/CO)
Tampa, FL 10/21-22/2020 SECVA
21st - Late Travel day.
22nd - James A Haley Veterans Hospital Primary Care Annex visit / Veterans Treatment
Court Roundtable / Moffitt Cancer Center visit.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Cole Lyle, Special Assistant, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA
Panama City Beach, FL; Tallahassee,
FL, and Columbia, SC
10/28-30/2020 SECVA
28th - Panama City Outpatient Clinic, media engagement, Bay County Vet Center
29th - Tallahassee National Cemetery, media engagement, Tallahassee Vet Center |
travel to SC | Ft Jackson National Cemetery
30th - Telephone interview with iHeart Media, Columbia Health Care System, meeting
with SC Governor McMaster, Columbia Vet Center, return to DC
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Brooks Tucker, Chief of Staff
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Michael Meador, Special Assistant
Matt Webb, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-FL)
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv-SC)
West Haven, CT 11/16-17/2020 SECVA
16th - Late travel day.
17th - VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven Campus Visit.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Michael Meador, Special Assistant
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Matt Webb, Special Assistant, OSVA
Manchester, NH 11/19-20/2020 SECVA
19th - Late travel day.
20th - Good Morning NH Phone Interview w/Jack Heath, WTPL, WEMJ & WTSN |
DEKA Research & Development Corporation visit | PPE Flight Arrival Event & Soft
launch VA New England Center of Innovation Excellence.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Brooks Tucker, Acting Chief of Staff
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Michael Meador, Special Assistant
Christopher Anderson, Special Assistant, OCLA
Chelsea Childress Special Assistant, OSVA
12/18/2020
Location Dates Principal Purpose
Travel Mode S
Pembroke, NY / Providence, RI 11/29-12/01/2020 SECVA
29th - Late travel day.
30th - Western New York National Cemetery Dedication Event | Travel to Providence,
RI.
1st - Providence VA Medical Center visit | Taped In-person Interview w/WPRO-FM The
John Loughlin Show.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Christopher Syrek, Deputy Chief of Staff
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Michael Meador, Special Assistant
Cathy Haverstock, Acting Assistant Secretary, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA
Brunswick-Jacksonville-Morehead City-
New Bern, NC
12/6-8/2020 SECVA
6th - Late Travel Day.
7th - Live Radio Interview w/WFNC-640AM Jeff "Goldy" Goldberg | Brunswick County
CBOC Visit | Jacksonville CBOC Visit | Jacksonville Vet Center Visit.
8th - Morehead City Clinic Visit | New Bern National Cemetery Visit.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Bill Hudson, Acting General Counsel
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Ted Diaz, Special Assistant, OSVA (Adv)
San Juan, Puerto Rico 12/11-13/2020 SECVA
11th - Travel day | VA Caribbean Healthcare System visit.
12th - Morovis National Cemetery visit and dedication | Meeting with Governor of
Puerto Rico.
13th - Travel day.
Commercial Flights
SECVA
Michael Meador, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Traci Scott, Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications
Christopher Anderson, Senior Advisor, OCLA
Chelsea Childress, Special Assistant, OSVA(Adv)
