About Matthew

Matthew made Knoxville and East Tennessee his home in 2011. His Commercial Real Estate practice focuses on adaptive reuse and strengthening neighborhoods.

He is a PechaKucha Knoxville curator and founder of the Square on the Square, square dances. He is also an activist with the American Institute of Architects. He formerly served as Board Chair of the Downtown Knoxville Alliance, as well as on the Design Review Board. He currently serves as City Councilman for Knoxville’s Fourth District.

Matthew has a BA in Asian Studies and a Masters in Divinity (MDiv). 

Before making Knoxville his home, Matthew lived in Miami, Alabama, Seattle, Chicago, Nashville, Historic Strawberry Plains, and six years in Shanghai, China. Each of these places shaped his views on urbanism and rurality, community and diversity, housing, transportation, and our public spaces. 

He is the father of four sons and lives in the historic Old North neighborhood.