Columbus Lead Director
A veteran of Ohio government affairs, Matt leads Orion’s government relations efforts before the Ohio General Assembly and the state’s executive branch, developing and executing strategic communication plans, overseeing grassroots and community engagement efforts and supporting the political efforts of clients. His deep understanding of energy issues spans the nation with development projects on behalf of clients.
Relying on his deep understanding of politics, government and regulatory matters and agencies, Matt carefully steers clients through the public and bureaucratic labyrinth from the beginning of projects to launch and operation. He identifies obstacles and charts a course to surmount them, and he tightly manages the effort through every step to keep the project constantly moving forward.
He served as president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and was the organization’s chief executive officer, a spokesman for the industry, treasurer of the group’s political action committee and a public policy advocate in Columbus and Washington. Matt also worked as senior director of government affairs for Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Matt obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Ohio State University.