Ms. Mason serves as contract counsel for the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA) (formerly the Department for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities) and has served as a Special Education Hearing Officer through the Virginia Supreme Court. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and a Master of Arts Degree in Education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She presently serves on the Board of Directors of TAP-VA (The Autism Program of Virginia) and is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of AEL, Inc., a federally funded education research program. Ms. Mason formerly served as Vice President of the Virginia Board of Education.