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Matt Fitzgerald

Co-Founder

Berkeley, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

Matt is an award-winning social-impact campaign leader using technology and storytelling to support people-powered movements. His work has ranged from crowdfunding $55M through two of the largest YouTube creator collaborations ever (#TeamTrees and #TeamSeas), to passing historic anti-gerrymandering and ethics laws, to earning global media coverage by projecting a visualization of 100% renewable energy onto the Eiffel Tower during the Paris Climate Talks. In 2009, he led grassroots communications for 350.org as they coordinated 5,300 climate rallies in 181 countries — what CNN called, "the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history." He is an Americorps Public Allies alumnus, a Startingbloc Social Innovation Fellow, and a trail-builder and crew leader with Volunteers for Outdoor California. The Guardian once called him ‘wickedly funny and evidence-based” but they didn’t know it was him.

Experience

Co-FounderCreate on Purpose
Jun 2026
Co-Founder & Campaign Director#TeamWater
Aug 2025
Co-Founder & Campaign Director#TeamSeas
Oct 2021
Co-Founder & Campaign Director#TeamTrees
Jul 2019
Founder & Principalfitz.partners
Jun 2019
Product Manager (Contract)Technovation
Jan 2019 to Jan 2021
Senior StrategistRepresentUs
Jan 2017 to Jan 2019
Digital Product Manager, Policy & MobilizationConsumer Reports
Jan 2016 to Jan 2017
Senior Strategist & Product Manager, Here NowPurpose Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2015 to Jan 2016
Attention Lab DirectorUpwell
May 2013 to Mar 2015
Curator & Social Metrics ManagerUpwell
Jul 2012 to May 2013
AssociateRosov Consulting
Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
Grassroots Communications Director350.org Australia
Jan 2009 to Jan 2010
Program AssociatePlanning for Change
Jan 2006 to Jan 2009
Americorps Public AllyPublic Allies
Jan 2004 to Jan 2005
Director, Youth Philanthropy ProjectUnited Way of Greater New Haven
Jan 2004 to Jan 2005
Summer Director, LIFT - New HavenLIFT, Inc.
Jun 2004 to Aug 2004

Education

Yale University
B.A.
2000 to 2004
NOLS
Graduate, Semester in Patagonia
2003 to 2003