Matt Westmoreland holds the Post 2 At-Large seat on the Atlanta City Council. Prior to his City Council election, Matt was the District 3 Representative on the Atlanta Board of Education, serving as chair of its Budget Commission and legislative liaison to the Georgia General Assembly.
During his tenure, the board recruited and partnered with a new superintendent to rewrite the school system’s mission and vision, revise its strategic plan, define equity, adopt a new operating model that pushed decision-making down to schools, develop a turnaround strategy for chronically struggling schools, and develop a $545 million capital-projects plan.
As chair of the Board’s Budget Commission, Matt led efforts to cut waste from the central office, increase teacher pay, allocate funding based on student need, and direct more dollars to classrooms. During his tenure, the system’s graduation rate increased 19 points from 58 percent to 77 percent, and the district saw improved SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement test scores systemwide.
An Atlanta native, Matt attended Morningside Elementary School, Inman Middle School, and Henry W. Grady High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, where he served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Princetonian. After graduation, Matt returned to Atlanta as a Teach for America Corps Member and taught history at Carver Early College High School in southeast Atlanta.
Matt previously served as program director for Horizons Atlanta, an educational non-profit serving low-income students across Metro Atlanta through summer enrichment programs. He also worked for the Atlanta Regional Commission, the Washington, D.C. Public Schools System, in the D.C. office of Congressman JohnLewis, and was an Urban Leaders Fellow with Colorado Senator Mike Johnston.
A lifelong and active member of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Matt lives in Midtown.
Hybrid Meetings Have Begun! We currently have spaces for up to 40 members - email the office for more information or register in the events section on our website at www.kiwanisatlanta.org! You can still attend via Zoom!
Our next 5th Tuesday social and networking event will be March 29 at CHRIS 180! Kathy Colbenson and her team are eager to welcome us so we can view their new building that was made possible by a team of Kiwanians. There will be tours, light snacks and adult beverages too! RSVP by March 25th - and remember that this takes the place of the Noon Luncheon meeting.
The 2022 District Service Project/Camping Trip is scheduled for Friday April 8th - Saturday April 9th, 2022 at Amicalola Falls State Park , Dawsonville GA. We will be doing a service project on the Saturday morning.
Are you attending the KCA weekly meetings in person all the time and want to skip the registration process? Just email Karen at KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com and have your name added to the automatic attendance list. Easy Peasy. All we ask is that you let us know when you ARE NOT going to be there so we don't have extra food ordered. Add your name to the list today and we will see you on Tuesday, Jan 4th!
We have had great speakers during our Kiwanis Club of Atlanta Zoom meetings! If you couldn't participate, we have saved all of them to Dropbox, but the most recent ones are available through the live link of the speaker name listed below! Click more to see the list of the most recent speakers and send an email to KiwanisClubAtlanta@gmail.com to let us know which meetings you would like to have. Remember, you can always check out past speakers by viewing the past bulletins archived on our web site.
Would you like to get to know our club members better and help greet them as well as our guests at our weekly in person meetings? If so, then join the Hospitality Committee ... all it takes is a smile!
Remember, you can always check out past speakers by viewing the past bulletins archived on our web site.