Matt Lorin

Matt is a social impact executive and strategic advisor operating at the nexus of public systems, private capital, and community-led change. He has built a career navigating complex social systems translating vision and mission into reality at scale, with a singular strength aligning stakeholders across sectors and structuring high-trust partnerships. He is recognized as a disciplined strategist and effective grantmaker, sought out by philanthropic leaders for guidance on capital deployment and by organizers for his ability to earn trust and mobilize collective action. His work consistently centers on expanding opportunity, strengthening civic infrastructure, delivering measurable outcomes.

His career spans senior roles in government, international development, finance, and philanthropy. He launched the world’s first internet-based student human rights network, leading to his appointment to the National Security Council, where he advised the President on global democracy governance, civil society, and humanitarian affairs, and later work with the United Nations Office for Project Services. He was a founding executive at Caspian Securities, an emerging markets investment bank, before relocating to Hawaiʻi as Managing Partner of Hawaii Opportunities Group. He later served as Senior Director at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and went on to become inaugural president of two education-oriented foundations, Emerson Collective’s XQ Institute and The Learning Coalition. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer of The Lorin Group, leading a breakthrough methane abatement initiative, advising high net worth individuals, governments, and mission-driven enterprises on complex, multi-sector initiatives.