Matthew Gerken

As a partner at AmPhil, Matt Gerken focuses on overall development strategy, audits and assessments, and fundraising services. He has a particular interest in mid-level giving strategies, planned giving and leveraging and interpreting data to maximize the efficiency and intelligence of his clients’ operations.

Matt began his career with Teach for America, teaching world history to sophomores in south Texas—still the hardest job he ever had. He also worked as a program director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Matt studied intellectual history at Yale and resides in the Chicago area with his wife, three sons, and one daughter. He enjoys dodging angry Chicago drivers as he bikes to work, reading history and poetry, and amateur astronomy.