Matt Kaczmarek, Director, is head of sustainable investing and macro policy research for the global credit team at BlackRock. He is a member of the firm’s geopolitical risk and inclusion and diversity committees. Matt teaches public policy analysis as adjunct assistant professor of public service at NYU’s Wagner School. He serves on the candidate endorsement board of the national LGBT Victory Fund and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Prior to joining BlackRock, Matt held senior appointments in the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, including as senior advisor to the Deputy National Security Advisor for international economic policy in the White House. He served in the international finance division of the U.S. Treasury Department during the global financial crisis and later as Secretary of State John Kerry’s White House liaison. Matt has managed or advised eight Democratic campaigns for local, state, and federal offices.
Matt received his BA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was president of the University of California Student Association, and MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he was editor-in-chief of the SAIS Review of International Affairs.