Matt Ruben

Chair, Central Delaware Advocacy Group, President NLNA Matt Ruben is Chair of the Central Delaware Advocacy Group, a coalition of community associations and nonprofit advocacy groups dedicated to fostering a world-class waterfront by promoting the principles of the Civic Vision and Master Plan for the Central Delaware. He holds a PhD in English and Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and teaches writing courses about poverty, affluence, and American culture at Bryn Mawr College, where he also coordinates the Bryn Mawr Public Speaking Initiative. Matt has volunteered for and served on the boards of numerous activist and civic-oriented groups, and for most of the last 15 years has served as President of the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association, the civic association covering the fast-growing waterfront neighborhood of Northern Liberties.