The Council for Quality Growth welcomes the newest member of its team, Matt Yarbrough. Matt joins the Council as our Director of Policy and Government Affairs with a background in local, state, and federal government. In this role, Matt will lead our policy team in formulating, developing, and communicating policy positions for the Council related to infrastructure planning, legislative initiatives, regulatory issues, land use, transportation, and environmental planning policies while building and strengthening the Council’s relationships with elected officials, citizen advisory groups, policy makers, and other industry, business, and environmental organizations. Matt joins the Council to lead the essential priority of delivering strong growth policy advocacy across our 11 counties, 75 cities, and State Legislature.
Matt comes to the Council with many years of experience in the political and government affairs arena across the region. After spending two years in the Office of Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux, last serving as her District Director, Matt has been serving as a Public Affairs and Political Strategist with clients across the region in local and state level elected offices. These clients have included Gwinnett Chairwoman Nicole Love Hendrickson, Gwinnett Commissioner Ben Ku, Sheriff Keybo Taylor as well as numerous state legislators and judges. He has also provided support to Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, and other local metro municipal races, as well as important SPLOST/TSPLOST campaigns.
Matt brings strong policy expertise, research analytic skills and communication abilities to this position. He has collected extensive press and media relationships around the region and been a regular commentator and contributor on numerous important and topical issues related to our region’s challenges.
A 2016 graduate of UGA with degrees in Political Science, International Affairs and History and a M.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado-Boulder, Matt brings a great combination of education and experience to the Council. He is a metro native, growing up in Woodstock, and a graduate of ARC’s RLI Program, Leadership Gwinnett, and the Cobb101 Citizens Academy. He also serves as Chair of the Gwinnett Chamber Foundation Board of Directors and as a member of the Gwinnett Coalition Board of Directors.
Please join the Council in welcoming Matt to the team. Click here to read the official press release.
Contact Matt:
MY@CouncilforQualityGrowth.org
770-813-3373
