Matt Travers
Executive Director
Matt has dedicated over 15 years to the Jewish communal world both in the US and UK. Formerly from London, Matt served as Director of Sport for Maccabi Great Britain, the argest Jewish sports organization in the UK. After moving to Chicago in 2016 he spent time as Sports Director at JCC Chicago before joining StandStrong. Matt has a deep understanding of challenging the minisrepresentations of Jews in sports. Having played semi-professional soccer in the UK for over 10 years he experienced verbal and physical antisemitism first-hand.