Matt Sayre

Managing Director
Onward Eugene

Matt Sayre is the managing director at Onward Eugene. In recent years he has focused on building the infrastructure necessary to support the region’s transition to a knowledge based economy. This work has led to Eugene’s designations as a Mozilla Gigabit City, a US Ignite Smart Gigabit Community and a Top 10 Up and Coming Tech Cities in the Nation. Sayre is the founder of the Willamette Internet Exchange and is engaged on Project OVERCOME, funded by the National Science Foundation and Schmidt Futures. His passions are currently amplified through Onward Eugene, a new economic development nonprofit that launched during the pandemic. The organization works to unite local partners and mobilize rebuilding efforts to fully realize the region’s shared potential for expansive and inclusive prosperity.