Matt Gray is Chief of Sustainability for the City of Cleveland. The Office leads coordination of greening the City’s municipal operations and the larger community through the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative, which is working towards building a thriving green city on a blue lake. Matt led development of Cleveland's first community-wide Climate Action Plan in 2013, and its subsequent update in 2018.
Before joining the City in January 2012, Matt completed a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in Mauritius, where he researched climate change impacts and adaptation governance. Prior to receiving this grant, he served four years with the US Department of Energy, where he chaired two interagency working groups on green building and greenhouse gas management. Matt has bachelor degrees in Industrial Engineering and Anthropology, and a Masters in Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy.