Matt also oversees the award-winning online campaign to stop mountaintop removal coal mining,. Matt designs and builds web-based databases with sophisticated search functions for use by professionals and citizens working on coal-related issues. Since his time doing research at Cornell on the impacts of acid rain on birds, Matt has worked on all aspects of the “coal cycle” - from mining, transportation and combustion of coal to the disposal of power plant waste. in zoology from the University of Washington, and Ph.D. As Director of Programs, Matt provides the long-range vision for the direction of our program work. Matt has worked at Appalachian Voices since 2001 and has served in various capacities ranging from Executive Director to the editor of The Appalachian Voice. He lives in Charlottesville, Va., with his wife, Heather, whom he met while working as a whitewater and climbing guide in southern West Virginia, and their children, Brooke, Kai, and Cassie. Tom also worked with endangered migratory terns in South America for six seasons, overseeing aerial radio-tracking of the birds. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar, and his experience prior to joining Appalachian Voices includes clerkships with Environmental Defense Fund, Piedmont Environmental Council, Southern Environmental Law Center, and the U.S.
in political and social thought from the University of Virginia.
from the University of California, Los Angeles and a B.A. In February 2021, Tom was appointed by President Biden to serve on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. The organization has expanded under his leadership to include new programs advancing energy and economic solutions for the region, new offices in Southwest Virginia, Knoxville, Tenn., and Durham, N.C., and new initiatives to address the harmful impacts of fossil fuels. Tom was hired to open Appalachian Voices’ first Virginia office in 2007, and he took the reins as Executive Director in early 2013.
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