Cheryl Lee Mason is an American attorney and Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs appointed by President Donald Trump.
From November 2017 until August 2022, she served as the fourth Senate-confirmed first woman and military spouse Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals. In 2020, she was named a PREVENTS Task Force Ambassador, Along with Lead Ambassador Second Lady Karen Pence. PREVENTS was the first national public health campaign to address suicide prevention. Previously Mason served as Deputy Vice Chairman, Chief Veterans Law Judge, and Veterans Law Judge at the Board.
Mason was nominated for Assistant Secretary of Veteransâ Affairs for Accountability and Whistleblower Protection on March 10, 2025. The nomination was withdrawn on May 6, 2025. On the same day, Mason was nominated for Inspector General of the Department of Veteransâ Affairs. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) held a hearing on the nomination on June 4, 2025 and subsequently favorably reported on the nomination on June 11, 2025. The Senate invoked cloture and confirmed the nomination on July 31, 2025. She Assumed Office on August 4, 2025.
A graduate of Ohio Northern University and Creighton University School of Law, Mason served as an intern for U.S. Representative Bob McEwen. After law school, she worked in private practice in Omaha, Nebraska. Mason became a paralegal coordinator for Central Texas College and an instructor at Central Texas College's branch at Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany. She was an attorney with the Federal Labor Relations Authority and was a Department of the Air Force (DAF) Civilian with the United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Mason also served as a contract attorney investigator for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division specializing in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
⢠Mason, Cheri (2024). Dare to Relate: Leading with a Fierce Heart. Manuscripts Press.
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