Gov. Matt Meyer

About

Governor Matthew S. Meyer is a former public school math teacher and small business owner who served as New Castle County Executive from 2017 through January 2025. As the leader of Delaware’s largest local government, Matt proved that government can still work for the people–delivering real results for real people and making real progress for Delaware’s working families.

Growing up in Delaware, Matt attended schools in the Brandywine School District, followed by Wilmington Friends School, and then studied Computer Science & Political Science at Brown University. He then moved to Nairobi, Kenya, where he learned Swahili and created Ecosandals, a recycled footwear company that sold environmentally friendly footwear to customers in 17 countries on five continents. Matt subsequently spent 12 months in Mosul, Iraq, as a diplomat embedded with the United States Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

Afterward, Matt returned to Delaware and worked as a middle school math teacher in a public school in one of Wilmington’s most underserved communities. There, he taught sixth and seventh-grade students, many of whom were living in unstable housing and experiencing the devastating impact of gun violence in their neighborhoods. Matt saw first-hand that homework and linear equations were the last thing on his students’ minds when they didn’t know where they were sleeping that night or where their next meal was coming from. Matt ran for office for the first time in 2016, defeating a three-term incumbent by challenging party leaders and powerful special interests and knocking on ten thousand doors.

Matt lives in Wilmington with his wife, Dr. Lauren Meyer. Lauren is an emergency room physician who has worked in hospitals in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties. Just this year, Lauren and Matt had their first child together, Levi, who loves storytime and hates car seats.

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