Matt is an entrepreneur and business executive focused on building companies that work to improve communities and the outdoor and natural resource economy through vision, growth and innovation. His career is grounded in the nexus of business and policy that work towards a sustainable outdoor lifestyle, economy and society.
Born and raised in Upstate New York, Matt’s outdoor ethic was shaped by Vermont’s Green Mountains and the wilderness regions of New York’s Adirondacks. Now based in Washington, DC as President & CEO of High Street Strategies, a government affairs and public relations firm, Matt regularly travels west to Wyoming’s Teton Range and Idaho’s Sawtooth Range to deepen his life-long passion for skiing, mountains and the outdoor lifestyle. Matt is deeply passionate in the importance of connecting to the natural world and works to have that access open to all who seek it.