In 2016, Matt Meyer was a sixth and seventh grade Math teacher when he first ran for public office, defeating a heavily favored three-term incumbent in a grassroots campaign to serve as the Chief Executive of Delaware’s largest county.

When COVID-19 threatened the health and safety of Delawareans, Meyer led the county government in taking unprecedented and innovative actions to keep residents safe from the virus, to protect the most vulnerable in our community and to plant the seeds for a strong and fast economic recovery. Meyer led efforts that resulted in Delaware being the first state in the country to offer open, free COVID-19 saliva tests. His innovative efforts to monitor wastewater to measure COVID-19 prevalence have been featured by CNN and by Rachel Maddow on MSNBC.

Mr. Meyer is a graduate of Brown University and University of Michigan Law School. He grew up in Cardiff, off Shipley Road, attended Brandywine School Districts schools and graduated from Wilmington Friends School. Prior to becoming County Executive, Mr. Meyer worked as a math teacher, a diplomat in Iraq, an economic advisor to Delaware Governor Jack Markell and started two successful businesses. He has worked as an attorney at the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher and as a Skadden Arps Fellow at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. in Delaware.