- Royce Fellowship
Concentration
Award Year
Matt worked with the United Nations Development Program Emergencies Unit in Ethiopia, examining the agency’s response to the country’s most recent outbreak of forest fires. Through primary document research, interviews and fieldwork, he focused on the intersection of culture, politics and communities in disaster relief, considering how natural disaster impacts both the land and its people.
Matt is the head of policy development at Facebook, where he develops the company’s positions on global policy issues. Prior to joining Facebook, Matt was Counsel at the Congressional Oversight Panel. He previously worked on privatization policy as a consultant at the World Bank and served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Matt holds a law degree from Harvard Law School, a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, and a Bachelor’s degree in political science from Brown University.