Shalom Austin - Jewish Family Service

Matt Smith is a therapist and family mediator at Shalom Austin Jewish Family Service, where he's worked with families in conflict around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. He serves as Vice President of the Austin Mediators Association and Treasurer of the Austin Gay Men’s Chorus. He’s also on the training and facilitation teams at the Dispute Resolution Center of Austin. Matt earned a B.A. in linguistics at Yale University and a Master of Science in Social Work at UT Austin. His professional history includes stints as Executive Director of Out Youth (Austin) and as adjunct faculty at UT Austin, where he taught social justice at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.