Matt Gerhart
Conservation Director
Matt is the team lead for NVCT’s land conservation program, guiding our strategic conservation plan and supporting projects throughout the Trust’s 15-jurisdiction, 2.2-million-acre service area.
Matt joined NVCT in 2019 after serving as San Francisco Bay Area Program Manager for the California State Coastal Conservancy, where he led a multi-million-dollar program to protect natural resources, improve public access, enhance climate resiliency, and conserve the Bay Area’s working lands. Matt also previously worked with the Mendocino Land Trust and as a conservation planner and researcher working on urban and rural conservation projects throughout northern California.
Matt holds a Master’s Degree in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor’s Degree from Yale University.
