Matt Hildreth

During the 2024 Election Cycle, Matt Hildreth served as the National Rural Director for the Harris/Walz Campaign. He currently serves as the Executive Director of RuralOrganizing (501c4) and RuralProgress (501c3), a nationwide network of nearly one million advocates and civic leaders in small towns and rural communities that have successfully pushed for over $1 billion in new economic prosperity programs for economically disadvantaged communities.

Matt grew up on a small farm in eastern South Dakota and graduated from Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he studied Philosophy and Communications. He earned a Master’s Degree in Strategic Communication from the University of Iowa and holds an Executive Education Certificate from Harvard University’s Leadership, Organizing, and Action program. For nearly two decades, Matt has focused on using digital technologies to motivate key constituencies to engage more civically on issues related to social cohesion. He served as the Digital Director, Political Director, and Director of New Initiatives at America’s Voice, where he led a team dedicated to fighting white nationalism and white supremacy online, offline, and in politics.