Meet The Board
Matt Wilder
Matt Wilder is the principal and founder of Wilder Strategies, a Boston-based strategic communications consultancy. With deep roots in the education, government, and non-profit sectors, Matt has crafted and executed communications plans that educated and inspired stakeholders and also moved constituencies to rewrite the narrative, challenge the status quo, and move forward together.
Notably, in 2018, Matt led the communications efforts for the historic ‘Yes on 3’ campaign which successfully upheld the Massachusetts law protecting transgender people from discrimination in public places, the first ever state-wide vote on transgender rights in United States history.
Previously, Matt served as chief of staff and communications director to the Massachusetts secretary of education in the administration of Governor Deval Patrick. Before state service, Matt served in the administration of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino as the chief spokesperson for the Boston Public Schools and as an advisor to Superintendent Carol Johnson. Prior to his public service, Matt was a television news producer at Boston’s acclaimed ABC affiliate, WCVB-TV, Channel 5. He is a graduate of Suffolk University in Boston.