Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen is currently a trustee at Barry University. Prior to that, they worked as a resident coordinator at Florida Atlantic University from July 2003 to January 2008. In this role, they were responsible for managing a residence hall containing 250-600 students, as well as overseeing the 24-hour on-call duty for campus emergencies. Matthew also supervised and selected 7-20 Resident Assistants and student support staff, oversaw the administration of area offices, and served as a liaison for custodial and maintenance personnel. Additionally, they implemented and interpreted housing policy to staff and students, provided crisis and mediation intervention, and assisted in the coordination of the annual “Night Breakfast” event.

Matthew Allen has a B.S. in Criminology from Barry University and an M.S. in Higher Education Administration from Barry University. Matthew also has certification from The Johns Hopkins University in COVID-19 Certified Contact Tracing, ATIXA in 504 Coordinator Training and Certification, FEMA in Advanced Incident Command Systems Course (ICS for Command and General Staff), American Red Cross in American Red Cross Shelter Operations Training, FEMA in ICS 100 - Introduction to Incident Command System, FEMA in ICS 200 - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, FEMA in ICS 300 - Intermediate Incident Command Systems Course, FEMA in ICS 700 - National Incident Management System, and FEMA in ICS 800 - National Response Framework, an Introduction.