Tony Massaro

Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

Tony joined LCV/EF in May 2005. Tony has over 25 years experience in environmental politics, including work on over 100 campaigns in every capacity. Prior to joining LCV, he was the Executive Director of the state league Colorado Conservation Voters (CCV) for four years. In that capacity Tony took CCV from a small PAC to a major organization among the state leagues. Tony was one of the architects of the bright spot in 2004 with the election of conservation candidates at all levels of office in Colorado. Under his direction Colorado Conservation Voters grew from a political program of $65,000 in the 2004 election cycle to $600,000 in the 2004 election cycle. CCV now has added a c3, c4 and 527 to the PAC program. From 1992-2001 Tony ran a small environmental public affairs consulting company, Rocky Mountain Environmental Strategies. He worked on clean air, alternative energy, emerging technologies and political campaign political campaigns, including a Congressional race in Wisconsin and a couple of races in Michigan. From 1983-2001 Tony served Federico Peña in the Denver Mayor’s Office as Director of Environmental Affairs and Political Director. He ran the field operations for Mayor Peña’s election and re-election as well as for several local initiatives including two airport elections. At LCV Tony is responsible for the political programs and strategy for electing conservation candidates. He is also in charge of the public education programs run by LCVEF.