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Matt worked at ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ from 2006 to 2022, playing a lead role in developing ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s hemispheric conservation programs that support full lifecycle conservation of migrant bird species. Today the programs operate across The Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia and Chile. 

Matt’s accomplishments with ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ include the discovery and conservation of wintering populations of endangered Piping Plovers across the Bahamas which led to the protection of 92,000-acre Joulter Cays National Park. Working with partners to securing 250,000 acres of mangroves and coastal habitat in the Bay of Panama, Panama and designing and managing ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Bird-Based Tourism program which has built the capacity of over 700 community guides and stimulated this green economy in five countries in the Americas. Matt represented ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ on the Bahamas National Trust’s Council, the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and was a contributing writer for the hemispheric bird conservation initiatives including the and .