Matt Wagner

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Strategic problem solver who builds and enables great teams to use proven communications and engagement tools to meet objectives, advance resiliency and get stuff done. @ Ogilvy
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Denver, Colorado, United States, United States
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Matt brings more than 25 years of proven experience building engagement strategies and managing successful teams across offices, clients and issues, including particular expertise in social responsibility, corporate reputation management, stakeholder engagement, media relations and integrated communications strategy and planning. Currently, Matt serves as the Deputy Task Order Manager for a contract support FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Direct Technical Assistance (DTA) program. In this role, Matt helps direct and support a team helping disadvantaged communities and tribal nations access FEMA's largest pre-disaster mitigation grant. Matt's previous roles supporting FEMA included a national national strategist helping increase and improve community engagement for FEMA's Risk MAP program, leading efforts to reduce seismic risk in Utah's public schools, designing a machine learning program to better understand local community risk awareness and mitigation motivations, and acting as a subject matter expert to inform rural community engagement. Formerly, Matt was a Vice President with Weber Shandwick, overseeing a 13 state, four office team supporting Verizon Wireless, as well as account and strategy work for brands such as Vail Resorts, Life Time Fitness, Mars Petcare and Bank of America. Matt was the director of conservation outreach for the World Wildlife Fund where he oversaw outreach, policy and stakeholder engagement related to grassland conversion, food security, trans-Arctic shipping and energy development. He's also provided environmental policy, outreach, facilitation and communications counsel to clients such as British Petroleum, Colorado Governor's Energy Office, US Forest Service and Yale University’s Integrated Climate Change Adaptation and Landscape Conservation Planning initiative. Past clients include: General Motors, Vail Resorts, Columbia Sportswear, AG Edwards, Bank of America, Harley Davidson, Softwood Lumber Board, Domtar, MilkPEP (got milk?), Anheuser Busch, Pizza Hut, and others. He earned a double major from Indiana University and a Master’s in environmental policy and sustainable development from University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, where he finished first in his class.

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Ogilvy

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Strategic problem solver who builds and enables great teams to use proven communications and engagement tools to meet objectives, advance resiliency and get stuff done.
Matt Wagner Work Experience Details
  • Ogilvy
    Vice President
    Ogilvy Nov 2018 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Senior Communications Strategist and dynamic team leader helping develop, execute and manage a national portfolio of innovative community engagement strategies on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and oversee work for USDA Rural Development. Work includes:1) Deputy Task Order Manager for FEMA's support of Justice40 and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Direct Technical Assistance (DTA) effort. Work includes people-, community-, and tribal nation-specific engagement strategies and engagement support to bring new resources and support to underserved places and people to address climate change. 2) Overseeing the build-out of an internal workshop and training series for USDA Rural Development to support community-centered engagement efforts and align with Justice40 and direction of the Under Secretary of USDA Rural Development and Biden-Harris administration.3) Built the strategy and oversaw the development of a first of its kind machine learning, artificial intelligence tool to better understand community needs at scale as a crucial step towards providing services and support.4) Overseeing the CERC contract's support of FEMA's partnership with Utah Division of Emergency Management to improve the seismic and multi-hazard safety of unreinforced masonry public school buildings. Work includes strategy, engagement with Utah DEM, workshops and webinars for schools, and local partnership development.5) Lead the start of the equity working group for a federal client. This included finding subcontracting partners, client engagement, internal team DE&I workshopping and trainings, and acting as a subject matter for meaningful and effective engagement with rural communities, including presentations and webinars.
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  • Weber Shandwick
    Vice President
    Weber Shandwick May 2016 - Oct 2018
    Oversaw work on behalf of Verizon Wireless’ North Central business unit, a 13-state market that coordinated efforts across four agency offices. He also managed local community engagement for Bank of America, and consumer and integrated outreach for General Motors, Columbia Sportswear, Life Time Fitness, and Integrated Beverage Group.
  • Ogilvy Public Relations
    Vice President
    Ogilvy Public Relations Aug 2014 - May 2016
    New York, Ny, Us
    Served as Ogilvy's Community Engagement and Risk Communication Liaison as part of a government program with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and their resiliency and flood mapping processes. Taking advantage of core behavior change theories, Matt oversaw community outreach strategy for FEMA Region 8, which includes Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. In this role he re-imagined the community engagement process, tested in key markets and proved a new model which was then adopted.Also provided counsel to Abengoa S.A. as part of their Vista Ridge project, a P3 water pipeline to serve San Antonio, Texas.
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  • World Wildlife Fund
    Director, Conservation Outreach
    World Wildlife Fund 2011 - Aug 2014
    Charged with building strategic relationships and alliances for WWF’s North American priority programs: Northern Great Plains and US Arctic. General responsibilities include coalition building and partner support, fundraising, corporate engagement, media and communications, and programmatic planning. Since taking the role, new relationships have been formed or enriched with groups such as Western Governors’ Association, US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 headquarters, University of Nebraska, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Daugherty Foundation, Sandhills Task Force, Platte River Basin Environments, South Dakota Grasslands Coalition, and others. Time supporting the Northern Great Plains program includes collaboration with WWF’s Sustainable Ranching Initiative, WWF Government Affairs regarding Farm Bill advocacy efforts, and a partnership with the South Dakota Grasslands Coalition. Authored bylines and produced digital advocacy materials. Providing communications, policy and advocacy counsel and support to WWF US Arctic team, including organizing grassroots alliances, national alliances with other conservation organizations, facilitating dialogue with prospective corporate partners, and fundraising. Also facilitating the organization’s efforts to address emerging Arctic priorities, including off-shore energy development and trans-Arctic commercial shipping.
  • The Contemporary Wingshooter
    Freelance Columnist
    The Contemporary Wingshooter 2012 - Jul 2014
    Pen a quarterly conservation focused article under the series name, The Conservation Landscape.
  • Natural Resources Consultant
    Independent Consultant
    Natural Resources Consultant Jun 2010 - Jul 2011
    Co-designed strategies and process to advance Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack’s All Lands vision to promote sustainable land management and local economic development policies. Co-lead five regional workshops with the Forest Service, county officials, state natural resource agencies and private companies to explore organizational and communications improvements to the US Forest Service to advance better collaboration.Communications and outreach counsel for Yale University’s Integrated Climate Change Adaptation and Landscape Conservation Planning, an innovative and modern approach to large landscape conservation planning and globalization. Analyzed federal and state carbon capture and sequestration policy within the Rocky Mountain region. Prepared the policy paper for British Petroleum in advance of the initial meeting of Colorado’s carbon capture and sequestration task force. Co-facilitated Denver-area municipal task forces working towards leveraging county assets and state lottery funding for open space acquisition, improvement and sustainable economic development.
  • Freedom To Roam
    Deputy Director
    Freedom To Roam Oct 2009 - Jul 2011
    Non-profit, wildlife corridor conservation coalition formed by Patagonia, Inc. to ensure the sustainability of wildlife corridors and applicable conservation policies. Coalition members included large private companies, regional and national conservation organizations, government and quasi-government associations. Chaired the organization’s policy work team and Sportsmen’s Advisory Council. Responsibilities include working with outdoor recreation companies and conservation organizations to collaboratively advance landscape-scale policies.Worked with regional oil and gas and renewable energy companies to proactively assess siting plans and evaluate mitigation opportunities.Served as the organization’s director of communications and public relations. Earned media placements include: Associated Press, Outside Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Public Radio and local newspapers such as the Denver Post. Provided organization and administrative oversight throughout the integration of Freedom to Roam into WWF.
  • Colorado Governor'S Energy Office
    Graduate School Intern
    Colorado Governor'S Energy Office Aug 2009 - Jan 2010
    Provided public and media relations counsel to GEO outreach team, including public company and school district partnerships and engagement, drafted speeches for Governor Ritter, and assisted with traditional and social media planning and outreach.
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
    Sr. Counselor
    Carmichael Lynch Spong Sep 2006 - Aug 2009
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Three-time public relations agency of the year. (www.carmichaellynchspong.com) (NYSE: IPG)Planned and directed national influencer and public relations programs for clients such as Harley-Davidson, Buell Motorcycles, AG Edwards, American Humane Association, BRP Evinrude, and Noodles & Company. Work on behalf of Buell Motorcycles and American Humane won national recognition and awards. Oversaw a team of 3 to 5.
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  • Legrand Hart
    Associate Director
    Legrand Hart Feb 2005 - Sep 2006
    Boutique public relations and integrated communications strategy firm.Asked to lead the agency’s largest accounts and grow the business portfolio. As part of the role, worked directly with CEO, COO and CMO leadership at regional and national companies, and regularly presented at quarterly client reviews or partner reviews. Helped grow the agency to Denver’s largest in two years. Directly managed a team of five.
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies (Formerly Public Strategies, Inc.)
    Principal
    Hill+Knowlton Strategies (Formerly Public Strategies, Inc.) Aug 2003 - Jan 2005
    Strategic communications, policy, lobbying and business consulting firm. Managed a coalition of the largest accounting companies working towards rebuilding investor and regulator confidence in the capital markets and the passing of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Organized and facilitated weekly coalition meetings and strategy sessions, prepared the coalition’s comment and lobbying letters and strategy, managed timelines and synergies across four policy workstreams, and handled all client billing and account reviews.
  • Weber Shandwick
    Account Supervisor
    Weber Shandwick Sep 1998 - Aug 2003
    New York, Ny, Us
    Leading global public relations agency and part of The Interpublic Group of Companies. (www.webershandwick.com) (NYSE: IPG)Planned, directed and carried out the outreach strategy for a number of coalition-based outreach projects for clients such as the Green Building Alliance and USDA’s got milk? campaign. Other public relations and reputation management clients included, Unilever, General Motors, Circuit City, and Ace Hardware. Served as a national and local spokesperson for got milk?. Oversaw a team of 4 to 12.
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Matt Wagner Skills

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Matt Wagner Education Details

  • University Of Denver - Sturm College Of Law
    University Of Denver - Sturm College Of Law
    Sustainable Development
  • Indiana University Bloomington
    Indiana University Bloomington
    Journalism
  • Udall Foundation
    Udall Foundation
    Environmental Collaboration And Conflict Resolution

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