He is a member of the Dublin Rotary Club and has served on the board of the Dublin/Laurens County Chamber of Commerce and as the Chairman of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Laurens County as well as the Heart of Georgia United Way.
Matt served as a Dublin City Councilman from 1999-2009 where he served on the Finance, Economic Development Committees and the Downtown Development Authority and served as the Mayor Pro Tem in 2007. He represented Dublin and Laurens County as a member of the Leadership Georgia Class of 2000.
Matt served as Chairman of the Dublin/Laurens County’s month long St. Patrick’s Festival in 2002, having previously volunteered as Vice Chairman and President of the Order of Shillelagh. He presently assists with the St. Patrick’s Festival’s hot air balloon festival which brings hot air balloonists to Laurens County during the festival, having organized the event for several years.
Matt has served as the Chairman of the Theatre Dublin Nutcracker since its inception in 2004. The performance brings professional ballet dancers and mixes them with 100+ local dancers for three performances of the Nutcracker the first weekend of December at Theatre Dublin.
Matt serves on the Advisory Board of the Citizens Bank of Laurens County.
Matt was elected to the 150 House District in November 2010. He serves on the House Appropriations General Government subcommittee; Economic Development & Tourism committee; Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications committee; Ethics committee; Health & Human Services committee; and as Vice Chairman of the Rules committee. Matt served as one of Governor Deal’s Floor Leaders from June 2011 until September 2013 when he was elected by his peers to serve as the chairman of the House Majority Caucus and continues in that role today.
Matt and his family are members of First United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Kim have two beautiful daughters, Emily and Camille.