Matt is a Texan who devotes his professional and personal life to improving the lives of those around him. Matt worked for a wide range of campaigns and non-profits in Texas, including Equality Texas, Texas Progress Council, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Congressman Pete P. Gallego. He is the longest serving Editor-in-Chief of Burnt Orange Report and co-founder of GNI Strategies. Recently, Matt was the founding Director at Progress Texas, the ProgressNOW affiliate in Texas, where they launched the Texans for a Fair Judiciary campaign to put pressure on Senators Cornyn and Cruz to fix the problem of judicial vacancies. Matt enjoys playing a long game of Settlers of Catan with friends or watching the Texans win in football and Astros play baseball who currently works and lives in Austin, Texas.