Executive Director, Rob Kampia
 Rob co-founded MPP in January 1995 and has been its executive director ever since.
Rob co-authored most of the medical marijuana laws currently on the books in 15 states and the District of Columbia, with MPP taking a leading role in passing the laws in Hawaii (2000), Montana (2004), Vermont (2004), Rhode Island (2006), Michigan (2008), Maine (2009), and Arizona (2010).
Rob also oversaw the campaign to decriminalize the possession of marijuana in Massachusetts, where voters passed MPP's ballot initiative in 2008. This is the only state to decriminalize marijuana via a vote of the people.
Rob has testified before a U.S. House subcommittee twice (2001 and 2004), and has also testified before legislative committees in California, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio, Vermont, and Washington state.
Rob has been quoted in almost every newspaper in the U.S., and has appeared on national TV dozens of times, including the "Today Show" (NBC), the "Montel Williams Show" (CBS), the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" (PBS), "Glenn Beck" (Fox News Channel), "Anderson Cooper 360" (CNN), "Power Lunch" (MSNBC), "Geraldo Rivera Live" (CNBC), "Happy Hour" (Fox Business Network), and the special "Marijuana: A Chronic History (History Channel).
Rob grew up in Harleysville, Pennsylvania; graduated valedictorian of his high school class in 1986; served three months in a county jail in central Pennsylvania from 1989 to 1990 for growing marijuana for personal use; was elected student body president of Penn State University in 1992; and graduated with honors from Penn State University in 1993 with a major in Engineering Science and a minor in English.
Rob has lived in the District of Columbia since graduating from college in 1993, except for a seven-month stint in Austin, Texas, in 2007. Rob is single and has no children. Rob spends his free time reading, bicycling, traveling, and listening to heavy-metal music.
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