Mason is the Program Director for Center Initiatives with the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty (CSEL), a joint research center of the W. P. Carey School of Business and School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership within The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operational functions and leading strategic planning of the center. His role entails managing and marketing the center's "Perspectives on Economic Liberty" public lecture series and Doing Business North America (DBNA) research project, in addition to assisting in donor development and growing the new Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program.
Prior to joining CSEL, he worked in Washington, DC for a political non-profit for two years as the events manager managing their three large annual national conferences working with state legislators and policy experts across the country.
Earlier in his career, Mason was a student at ASU where he earned is Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree as well as his bachelor of science degree in Political Science with a certificate in International Relations and a certificate in Public Administration and Public Management. Upon graduation, he worked in Admission Services at ASU for over three years as an admissions recruiter working primarily with low-income, first generation first-year students all across the state of Arizona.
Since finding his way back to ASU, he has leveraged his background in operations, communications, and strategic initiatives to find innovative ways to promote economic liberty as well as make contributions to the greater university as a whole.