Matt Bruderle, program manager, has worked for the Institute in various roles since 2007. A native of northern Virginia, Matt has almost two decades of experience in higher education administration, including positions at Purchase College, SUNY-Oswego, and Emerson College. Matt has a master’s degree in education from Colorado State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in public relations and communications from Virginia Tech. He had his first byline in the second grade, when a poem he wrote was published in the local paper.