City of San Jose, San Jose, CA
Matt comes from the business world where he founded and grew companies dedicated to empowering neighborhoods and communities and holding government accountable. After graduating from Harvard, he returned to San Jose to teach middle school English and History in Alum Rock through the Teach for America program for two years. After teaching, Matt joined Causes, a startup and early Facebook app that enabled people to raise awareness and funds for their favorite nonprofits. Over the course of five years, Matt worked his way up from Director of Business Development to COO and eventually CEO. Matt ran for City Council in 2020 for District 10 with a focus on improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods by making City Hall responsive and accountable, especially for public safety, infrastructure and cleaning up our streets. Despite having two opponents, Matt won outright in the March primary election with nearly 60% of the vote.