matt scott

advisory council vice chair | project drawdown

matt scott is a social impact storyteller passing the mic to the changemakers who often go unheard. day-to-day, matt leads storytelling at the world's leading climate solutions resource project drawdown. in 2017, he founded inclusive impact storytelling project let's care, where he's interviewed 100+ underrepresented changemakers, and released the pilot film "20s & change: san francisco," as recognized in the san francisco black film festival and available at www.lets.care/film.

from 2016-2020, matt served as the global community lead and storyteller for the world's largest global hackathon, nasa's international space apps challenge, engaging 100,000+ people in 150+ countries, while also collaborating on projects with nike, usaid, walmart, pivotal ventures by melinda gates, the united nations, and the white house. over his career, matt has reached half a billion people in the digital space, all while shining a light on issues including identity, belonging, blackness in the workplace, sexual violence, youth social innovation, and grief and loss.

matt, a george washington university alumnus, is also a podcaster with the no. 1 reality tv podcast network rob has a podcast, a youth social innovation mentor and council member with learnserve international, a board member with mental health non-profit superbands, and a community moderator for the 25,000+ person option b grief community.