Matt has been working since 2007 to reform cannabis laws in New Hampshire. In 2011, he was hired by the Marijuana Policy Project and his work expanded to Vermont and other states. In 2018, Matt’s efforts paid off in Vermont when it became the first state to legalize cannabis through the legislative process. 

In New Hampshire, he lobbied and organized in support of medical cannabis legislation that finally passed into law in 2013 (after having been vetoed by the governor in both 2009 and 2012) and decriminalization legislation that passed in 2017. He also served on the drafting committee for the 2016 ballot initiative that legalized cannabis in Massachusetts.

Matt is currently advocating in support of reforms in Kentucky, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. A former college English instructor, he holds a Master’s degree in English from West Virginia University.