Matt Tierney, served as the executive director of ASK from 2020-2022. He is a practitioner, educator, and citizen architect. His work in the profession and academy pushes the scope and role of the architect outside its traditional bounds through research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and public interest design. His portfolio connects public interest design with scholarly research and interdisciplinary problem solving at many scales. His unique design perspective is formed by extensive work in East Africa, Copenhagen, India, and all over the United States.