Matt Stern Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Lead the ASPCA’s grantmaking including direction of a four-person grants management team, support for 20 program area grant officers, and the development of grant strategy and budgets. In 2022 the ASPCA made 450+ grants totaling nearly $12 million to build animal welfare capacity, support direct response to disasters and animal cruelty, support research.

New York, NY

• Spearheaded grantmaking, strategic initiatives, budgeting, and operations. Leader of cross-divisional grantmaking team responsible for $10+ million in grants annually. Ensured the successful development and execution.
• Drove grants transition enhancing strategic and programmatic alignment of ASPCA's grantmaking by supporting, empowering, resourcing program teams to use grants as critical tool to achieve program goals.
• Architect and leader of highly-selective national emergency grant initiatives for $5 million in response to COVID-19 and natural disasters, with 1000+ applications, 100 internal reviewers and award rate of less than 10%.
• Senior Grants Officer for grants advancing program outcomes including behavioral research, cruelty prevention, anti-cruelty case support, policy and legislation, access to vet care, and farm animal and equine welfare.
• Established grants policy and processes, improving efficiency and effectiveness of grantmaking while ensuring consistency across the organization.
• Turnaround leader for Behavior Alignment initiative to ensure consistent and best practices across organization.

New York, NY

• Provided high level leadership, support, and coordination for division operations including budgets, grants, administration, strategy, and planning. Grants officer for up to 200+ annual grants ranging from $500 –.
• Provided oversight and support for ten departmental cost center budgets totaling $37 million.
• Planned and oversaw execution of retreats and leadership meetings including off-site multi-day strategy and team-building meeting for 90+ staff.
• Planned, coordinated, and managed four-day international scientific conference for forensic veterinary sciences including marketing, site selection, registration, logistics, execution and evaluation. Significantly.
• Developed recommendations for and facilitated strategic planning session on humane education for senior executives and program leaders.

New York, NY

Implemented and enhanced sophisticated trading strategy for hedge fund based on sales of public company executives relying on both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Beat market returns by average of +12%.

New York, NY

Board president of contemporary dance company celebrating a passionate vision of community and showcasing the collaborative choreography of Zvi Gotheiner, Artistic Director. Worked with board, executive director, and artistic director on strategic planning, development, financial management, and board recruitment.

Taught required math subjects including algebra and trigonometry. Also taught computer science classes including AP Computer Science.

Repertory Company High School

• Interned as Assistant Principal under M.Ed. Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.Key accomplishments include:
• Created and facilitated professional development with measurable impact on professional practice and student understanding.
• Strategically re-allocated teacher resources based on school's vision and student needs. Reduced class-size for freshmen by 34%.

Repertory Company High School

• Taught all required math subjects including introductory and advanced algebra, geometry, trigonometry and probability and statistics.
• Successfully addressed low student performance using assessments to target areas of weakness.
• Created literacy-based six-step paradigm that improved student problem-solving skills.

Lotus Notes developer on Contracts Tracking database and other projects.

Developed Excel/VBA applications for Quality Control Group

Santa Cruz, CA

Project manager of software development project.

Boston, MA

• Leader of non-profit social service agency providing empowerment training/support to people with HIV/AIDS.Key accomplishments include:
• Led turnaround from failing all-volunteer organization to professionally-staffed agency.
• Increased revenues by +300% and built diversified funding base.
• Diversified client population to 50%+ people of color.
• Recruited and developed Board of Directors to ensure institutional strength, stability, and diversity.

Boston, MA

Launched AIDS education initiative in six-state Northeast region of major national labor union as part of innovative national AIDS project funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Cambridge, MA & Windsor, England

Designer/developer, lead engineer, project leader on best-selling PC software products Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony. Founding member, Lotus diversity council and Lotus Philanthropy Committee.

Ed.M., Organizational Leadership

Summer Principals Academy

M.A., Education

New York City Teaching Fellow

B.S., Computer Science & Electrical Engineering

Education record