Matthew Ruby

Matthew Ruby currently serves as the US Program and Community Engagement Associate at GiveDirectly, where responsibilities include managing customer experience for multiyear cash assistance programs, co-leading partnerships for program design, and enhancing participant engagement through research and content creation. Previous experience includes roles such as Academic Programs Coordinator at Erie Neighborhood House, where Matthew designed a support curriculum, and Census Program Coordinator at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, focused on increasing census participation among migrants. Earlier positions at McMaster-Carr involved product analysis, while academic roles included tutoring and research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Matthew holds a Master of Science in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from DePaul University and a Bachelor's Degree in International/Global Studies and Spanish from the University of Illinois.