Summary
Matt Ferraguto is a senior communications executive with 25 years of experience crafting strategic, crisis, and executive communications across political, nonprofit, and private sectors, currently leading Communications & Media for the YMCA of Greater New York. He has a proven record of driving measurable impact—doubling media hits, boosting earned media placements 91%, and growing summer camp revenue by $5.2M—while aligning complex, multi-department initiatives through annual communications planning. A former agency partner and national communications director, he pairs hands-on campaign development and digital strategy (including significant Google Ad Grants growth) with nonprofit governance and board development expertise. He also champions DEI and HR initiatives, having founded and led DEI efforts that reshaped recruitment and onboarding practices. Based in New York, Matt blends political press-room experience with nonprofit scale-up know-how and an unusual interest in cloud platform development noted in his GitHub bio, signaling a curiosity for technical solutions to communications challenges.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Public Policy Studies, BA, Public Policy Studies at Duke University
High School, High School at Phillips Academy