Matt Karkut Email & Phone Number

Durango, Colorado

• Quadrupled staff size and sextupled annual budget over four years of innovative leadership to greatly increase impact and build capacity• Oversee and execute all aspects of organizational-level administration• Manage multiple employees and volunteers of diverse backgrounds and different languages in program-level objectives• Handle high-level financial responsibilities such as organizational partnerships, grant-writing, fundraising, and donor cultivation

San Francisco Bay Area

•Assessed cases and accounts to detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and scams•Communicated with users from Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.

South America

•Provided translations and English editing for small businesses and individuals in South America during an extended trip through the continent.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

• Provided transportation and immediate in-person interpretation services for Spanish- and French-speaking refugees.

Cáceres, Spain

• Managed and participated in all parts of classroom engagement.• Structured lesson plans, led discussion groups, and gave presentations to Spanish adult students of an official language school.

Costa Rica

• Led a trip with Overland Summers that focused on community based volunteer work and Spanish language study.• Handled all aspects of logistics, risk management, and student mentoring.

Spain

• Recipient of Iberian Grant from Pomona College• Carried out a research project in Madrid, Barcelona, and Salamanca about the effects of high Spanish youth unemployment.• Conducted numerous one-on-one interviews in Spanish with a variety of people from various walks of life.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

•Played lead guitar in the "Crescent Super Band," an elite youth jazz big band•Learned and participated a wide variety of advanced jazz and pop music•Regularly participated in formal rehearsals•Performed in venues all across the U.S. with guest artists ranging from Lenny Pickett to Dave Weckl

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, Politics, Economics, 2014

Activities and Societies: The Claremont College Ski Club, On The Loose (Outdoor Adventure Club) Leader and bandmember of student Funk/Jazz.

Education record

•Took classes along with local students at Spain's oldest university during a semester abroad •Studied political science, history, and TV.