Mason Tvert

Communications Director
Marijuana Policy Project

Mason Tvert is director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), where he oversees media strategy and online outreach in support of state and federal lobbying efforts, state and local ballot initiatives, and public education campaigns. Prior to joining MPP, he co-directed the successful campaign in support of Amendment 64, the 2012 ballot initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Colorado. In January 2013, the Denver Post named him the state's "Top Thinker" in the area of politics and government.

Previously, Mason co-founded and directed Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), a Colorado-based nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol. In this role, he was the driving force behind the campaigns in support of the successful Denver ballot initiatives to remove all penalties for adult marijuana possession (2005) and designate it the city’s lowest law enforcement priority (2007). Mason has also worked with students to pass marijuana policy reform referendums at more than a dozen major colleges and universities around the nation.

Mason is a co-author of Marijuana Is Safer: So why are we driving people to drink?, and he has contributed columns to several state and national publications. He has been quoted in hundreds of news articles in local and national publications, and he is frequently interviewed on local and national television and radio stations.

Mason graduated with honors from the University of Richmond with a degree in political science and journalism. During his time as a student, he worked in the Virginia State Senate, the Phoenix City Council Office, and the Office of the Arizona Attorney General.