Most recently, Mason worked for Turnstone Group, LLC in Minneapolis, responsible for providing direction for hospitality related investments and asset management. Prior to that, he served as General Manager for the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and the Hyatt Whitney. Mason has served in hotel operations and leadership positions for the Hyatt Hotel Corporation since 1981, when he started in the industry as a Corporate Management Trainee. In addition to Minneapolis, he has also served as General Manager at the Hyatt Regency Knoxville, Tenn., and was a Rooms Division Manager at Hyatt Regency hotels in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.
While at Hyatt, he was nominated as General Manager of the Year in 2002 for the Donald N. Pritzker Award of Excellence. Mason has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Michigan State University - Business School. He is a Board Member and served on the Executive Committee for Meet Minneapolis. He was formerly President and a Board Member for the Minneapolis Hotel Association, the Minnesota Hotel & Lodging Association and the Minneapolis Downtown Council. He was also a member of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and served on the board of the Matt Birk HIKE Foundation.
