RESUME           Abnermason@sbcglobal.net        Abner@AbnerMason.com

WORK EXPERIENCE


CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY PARTNERS
Founder and CEO, 8/08 to present
The mission of CRP is to help employers to identify, develop, implement, and evaluate cutting edge
workplace wellness programs that target the major causes of poor health and rising health-care costs,
including diabetes, obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and HIV. In 2009, CRP will
launch the first Workplace Wellness Business Council in Mexico, a forum where companies can learn about
the latest wellness programs and share best practices.


AIDS RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT
Executive Director, 1/03 to present www.aidsresponsibility.org
The mission of ARP is to work with key policy makers in the public and private sector to ensure that under-
served people affected by HIV get the care and support they need. ARP operates international programs,
and as Executive Director, Abner led the effort to create the first HIV/AIDS business councils in  Mexico
(CONAES) and Jamaica (JaBCHA). Domestic activities included leading the Test For Life campaign, a
nation-wide effort which advocated for increased HIV testing in the US.


OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chief Policy Advisor, 4/00 to 9/00, 2/02 to 9/02
Appointed by Governor Cellucci and re-appointed by Governor Swift, the Governor’s Chief Policy Advisor
coordinates the development of policy, and oversees legislative relations for the Administration. The Chief
Policy Advisor serves as a member of the Governor’s Senior Staff.
Chief Secretary, 9/00 to 2/02
Appointed by Governor Celluci, the Governor’s Chief Secretary is responsible for all gubernatorial
appointments, as well as all matters pertaining to employment within the executive branch of government.
The Chief Secretary serves as a member of the Governor’s Senior Staff.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION AND CONSTRUCTION,
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Undersecretary, 3/98 to 3/99, and Chief of Staff, 7/97 to 3/98
Appointed by and reports to the Secretary of Transportation. Responsible for the oversight of the $1.6 billion
agency, which includes the Massachusetts Highway Department, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority, the Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission and the Commonwealths fourteen Regional
Transportation Authorities.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Deputy General Manager, 3/99 to 4/00
Reporting to the General Manager, responsible for managing daily operation of the nations 6th largest transit
authority, which includes bus, subway, light rail, commuter rail, water transportation services, and 6500
employees.

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
Assistant Director of Construction – System-Wide, 6/92 to 7/97
Responsible for the planning, design, and construction management of all system-wide power, signals, and
communication projects. Directly responsible for five projects and associated staff with total project costs of
$180 million.

APPOINTMENTS
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HIV/AIDS
Chairman, International Committee
Member 2002 - 2005, appointed by President George Bush in 2002
The Council provides advice, information and recommendations to the President, and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services regarding programs and policies to promote effective prevention, treatment,
research, and care of HIV disease and AIDS in the US and around the world. Abner was appointed
Chairman of the International Subcommittee where his focus was the development of policy
recommendations to ensure effective US leadership in the global fight against HIV, especially in highly
impacted poor countries.



EDUCATION
HARVARD COLLEGE       A.B. 1985     Cambridge, MA


GOVERNOR DUMMER ACADEMY        Graduate, 1980         Byfield, MA
BIOGRAPHY                Abnermason@sbcglobal.net        Abner@AbnerMason.com


Abner Mason is Founder and CEO of Corporate Responsibility Partners (CRP), where he
helps companies to identify, implement and evaluate cutting edge workplace wellness
programs that target the major causes of poor health and rising health-care cost including
diabetes, obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and HIV. In 2009 CRP will
launch the first Workplace Wellness Business Council in Mexico, a forum where member
companies can learn about the latest wellness programs and share best practices.


For the previous six years, Abner served as founder and Executive Director of AIDS
Responsibility Project   (ARP),  a non-profit  whose mission is to work with key policy makers
in the public and private sector to ensure that under-served people affected by HIV get the
care and support they need.

With Abner's leadership, ARP’s international programs have focused on reducing HIV-related
stigma and discrimination in the workplace by working with companies to develop and
implement effective workplace policies. With funding from the US Agency for International
Development (USAID), in 2004 ARP created CONAES, the first business council on HIV/AIDS
in Mexico. This effort was so successful that it was expanded to Jamaica in 2006 where ARP
developed JaBCHA, the first HIV/AIDS business in Jamaica.

Working with the US Administration and Congress, Abner has also been active in policy
development. In 2003, ARP hosted a Congressional Staff Delegation to South Africa,
Botswana, and Uganda to educate staffers about the need for addition US funding for AIDS in
Africa. In 2004 ARP hosted a Congressional Staff Delegation to Mexico, Brazil and Jamaica
that included hosting a public forum in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the importance of expanding
access to essential drugs.

Abner’s domestic activities have focused on prevention and education efforts. In 2006 Abner
hosted Townhall Forums across the US as part of the Test for Life campaign, a prevention
effort to build support for including HIV testing as part of routine health-care. Abner's
prevention work has often targeted African-Americans, as members of this group are most at
risk for infection. In a first of its kind effort, Abner worked with the Presidents of the 100
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to implement a voluntary HIV testing
program on these campuses.  Abner also worked with platinum record producer Donald “XL”
Robertson on an album of songs entitled “What Are We Living For” focused on starting the
conversation with young people about HIV.

Abner was appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) by President
Bush in 2002.  He served from 2002 –2005, and was Chairman of the International
Subcommittee. PACHA provides advice, information and recommendations to the President,
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. As Chairman of the International
Committee, Abner’s focus was the development of policy recommendations to insure effective
US leadership in the global fight against HIV, especially in highly impacted poor countries.

Abner previously spent ten years in Massachusetts State Government, most recently serving
as Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor of Massachusetts.  He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard
College and lives in San Diego, California.
Abner Mason greeting former US
Secretary of State Colin Powell during
a visit to Massachusetts.
Abner Mason after introducing
Massachusetts Governor Paul
Cellucci. Gov. Cellucci was later
appointed US Ambassador to Canada
by President Bush.
Abner Mason with Lt. Governor Jane
Swift, who later became Governor of
Massachusetts.
As Massachusetts Deputy Secretary
for Transportation and Construction,
Abner Mason accompanied US
Secretary of Transportaion Rodney
Slater during a tour of new transit
facilities in Massachusetts.
Keynote speakers open the First
Annual CONAES Conference in Mexico
(l-r): Abner Mason, Executive Director,
ARP; Adolfo Franco, USAID Assistant
Administrator for Latin
America/Caribbean; U.S. Ambassador
to Mexico Antonio Garza, Jr.; Gilberto
Rincon Gallardo, President,
CONAPRED; Dr. Jorge Saavedra,
National AIDS Director (CENSIDA)
ARP's Abner Mason; U.S. Ambassador
to El Salvador  H. Douglas Barclay;
Carlos Cabas, Bristol Myers Squibb;
Mirka Negroni, The Futures
Group-PDI; Dr. Jorge Saavedra; Adolfo
Franco, Asst. Admin. USAID, Latin
America/Caribbean; Mary Kincaid, The
Futures Group-PDI. Mason presented
ARP's International Leadership Award
to Saavedra in El Salvador.
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