Matthew Lewellyn-Otten

Matt (they/them, he/him), Interim Director of Religious and Community Organizing. 

Matt joined the OutFront team in the fall of 2021 as the Religious Organizer. Before joining the team, Matt spent the majority of their career in Youth Ministry working in the United Church of Christ, Episcopal, and Presbyterian churches. In their current role as the Director of Religious and Community Organizing, Matt works with faith communities across the state to bring them along in the advocacy and inclusion of queer people in all faith practices. Additionally, he works with communities across the state to build the power of the LGBTQIA+ community, listen deeply to the needs of queer people and their allies, educate the public on issues affecting the queer community, and mobilize communities to create systemic change.

Matt is a Minnesota transplant originally from South Carolina where he attended Erskine College and studied Bible and Religion. Later, Matt earned their Master of Public Administration degree from the College of Charleston and their Master of Divinity from Boston University School of Theology. In his studies and career, Matt has sought ways to build better understanding across communities and create spaces of connection and growth. 

In his free time, you’ll find Matt in a coffee shop or a bookstore or walking his dog, Murphy, around one of the many Twin City lakes