Matt Ruhter

Senior Counsel/ Director of Land Preservation

Matt Ruhter is the Senior Counsel and Director of Land Preservation at Openlands, a position they have held since 2025. They previously served as a Staff Attorney at Openlands and gained extensive legal experience as a Contract Attorney specializing in general litigation, environmental, and natural resource law from 2017 to 2022. Earlier in their career, Matt worked as a Microbiologist at the Indiana State Department of Health and as a Zookeeper at Brookfield Zoo. They hold a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Bloomington and are furthering their education with degrees in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida and Biological Sciences from DePaul University, alongside completing the International and Comparative Business Law Program at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.

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Frankfort, United States

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