Matthew began serving as the director of Audubon's Climate Initiative in September 2015. He joined Audubon in the spring of 2013 as the executive director of Audubon Minnesota. Matthew was one of the original members of the four member work group that developed Audubon's Climate Initiative. He brings a wealth of experience in constituency building, grassroots mobilization, campaign planning, fundraising, and program development.
 
While at Audubon Minnesota, Matthew led efforts to secure seven figure conservation funding, expand the state staff's technical capacity around prairie and forest restoration, and invest in greater development, outreach and communications capacity.