Matt has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Ohio Dominican College (1974) and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Xavier University (1977). Matt is a member of the American Institute of CPA’s currently serving on the IRS Practice and Procedures Committee and The Ohio Society of CPA’s previously serving on the AICPA’s State Taxation and IRS Forms Committee, the OSCPA’s Taxation, Governmental Affairs, and Political Endorsements Committee’s. Matt served as Chair of the Board 2009-2010 and currently serves on the Ohio Society’s PAC Committee, and as Treasurer of the Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee. Matt was appointed to the Ohio Business Gateway Commission by Governor Taft and also currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Tax Appeals for the City of Upper Arlington.

Matt founded the Winterset CPA Group, Inc. in 1988 after working with other local CPA firms from 1981. Prior to entering public accounting Matt was a teacher, an Internal Auditor and a Business Strategy Consultant.