Matt is the Executive Director of Three Rivers Rowing Association, current member of the USRowing Safety Committee and an Assistant level Referee for USRowing.  Matt is driven to make rowing more accessible and safe for everyone and approaches this drive with a community growth mindset.
From Buffalo, NY, Matt began rowing for Canisius High School and the West Side Rowing Club in the late 1990’s.  He continued rowing for the University at Buffalo while in college and began coaching in the spring 2001.  Over the next 6 years, Matt coached at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels before taking on the full time role as the Director of Rowing & Boathouse Operations for the West Side Rowing Club.
In 2013, Matt began working for Row New York serving as the Director of Community Rowing (2013-2016) and as the Director of Boathouse Operations (2016-2018).  As the Director of Community Rowing, Matt oversaw all of the adaptive and para rowing programs, middle school indoor programs, (then) Juvenile Justice programs and adult programs at Row New York.  As the Director of Boathouse Operations, Matt oversaw the effective/efficient operations at each of Row New York’s three training locations (Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn) and all rowing safety operations for the organization.  Matt was also a part of the early working group for the new Row New York boathouse in Manhattan.