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Matt Post
Matt Post speaking outside of the U.S. Capitol.
Post in 2018
Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education
In office
July 7, 2017 – June 30, 2018
Preceded byEric Guerci
Succeeded byAnanya Tadikonda
Personal details
Born1999 or 2000 (age 25–26)
PartyDemocratic
EducationSherwood High School
Alma materYale University (BA, JD)
OccupationLabor attorney, activist

Matthew Post (born 1999 or 2000) is an American lawyer, student activist, and political candidate who was previously a student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education from 2017 to 2018. He was also a national organizer in the March for Our Lives movement. A member of the Democratic Party, Post is a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 14 in the 2026 election.

Early life and education

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Post grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland.[1] He first got involved with student advocacy in fifth grade, when he became his school's class president. In eighth grade, he applied to be on the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association,[2] eventually becoming its vice president in 2016.[3] In 2015, Post served as the chief of staff to Montgomery County Board of Education student board member Eric Guerci.[2][4]

In March 2017, Post filed to run for student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education, seeking to succeed outgoing student board member Eric Guerci. He ran on a platform of allowing open lunches at schools, removing internet blocks on social media apps, and adding mental illness awareness to curriculum.[5] Post was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Education with 62.7 percent of the vote in April 2017, becoming the board's first student member from Sherwood High School.[6][7] He was sworn in on July 7, 2017.[8] His priorities while in office included increasing student participation in school board decision-making, supporting English language learners through investments in multilingual counselors, and expanding vocational opportunities.[9][10]

Post's one-year term on the school board ended on June 30, 2018, shortly after he graduated from Sherwood High School. He later attended Yale University, where he graduated in 2022 after studying public policy.[9][11] Afterwards, Post launched the Ready for School Initiative, a student food assistance organization.[11] He later became a lawyer for the Maryland State Education Association.[1]

Activism

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Post speaking at the National Walkout Day rally in Washington, D.C., with then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, March 2018

In March 2018, Post joined a group of Montgomery County students in a school walkout for gun control in Washington, D.C., following the Parkland high school shooting.[12] A few days later, he participated in the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, D.C., where he was one of several student speakers.[13][14] Following the rally, Post introduced a resolution passed by the Montgomery County school board that urged lawmakers to pass legislation to reduce gun violence.[9] He remained a judicial advocacy associate and a field strategist for March for Our Lives while attending Yale,[11][15] and spoke on campus about the need for gun reform.[16]

In May 2018, Post and other student gun control activists, including Aalayah Eastmond, Ramon Contreras, and Kaleab Jego, formed Team Enough, a youth-led gun violence prevention organization which is part of the Brady Campaign.[17]

In September 2018, Post participated in a silent sit-in protest at Yale Law School against the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, which sought to bring attention to the sexual assault allegations made against him.[18] In April 2021, Post was one of nearly 200 students to sign onto an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. in support of Brandi Levy, which argued that the court's decision in the case could have significant implications of students' right to free speech.[15][19]

Political campaigns

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In December 2022, Post applied to fill a vacancy left by then-Majority Leader of the Maryland House of Delegates Eric Luedtke, who resigned on January 2, 2023, after being nominated by then-governor-elect Wes Moore to serve as his chief legislative officer.[20][21] The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee voted to nominate lawyer Bernice Mireku-North to the vacancy in January 2023, with Post receiving four votes in the second round of voting.[22]

On September 19, 2025, Post announced that he would again run for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 14, seeking to succeed retiring state delegate Pamela E. Queen.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pagnucco, Adam (19 September 2025). "Matt Post Announces for District 14 Delegate". Montgomery Perspective. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b Peloff, Leah (March 17, 2016). "Sophomore Serves as SMOB Chief of Staff". The Warrior Online. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "New Members of MCR's Executive Board Just Elected". The MoCo Student. April 14, 2016. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  4. ^ Silverman, Andie (April 25, 2017). "Meet the SMOB candidates: Abrosimov and Post". The Black and White. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (March 3, 2017). "Students from Sherwood, Richard Montgomery Face Off in Election to School Board Post". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "Matthew Post Sworn In as Student Member of the Board". Montgomery County Public Schools. Montgomery County Public Schools. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  7. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (April 27, 2017). "Sherwood High School Junior Wins Election as Next Student Member of School Board". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  8. ^ Rodgers, Bethany (July 7, 2017). "School Notes: Sherwood High Student Sworn In to School Board Post". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Rodgers, Bethany (July 3, 2018). "Matt Post Exits SMOB Role After Making 'Nationwide Impact,' Fellow School Board Member Says". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "Q&A: SMOB Matt Post talks mental health". The Black & White. Walt Whitman High School. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  11. ^ a b c Wiser, Sydney (December 21, 2022). "Former Sherwood Student Runs for Maryland State Legislature". The Warrior Online. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "Former SMOB Matt Post Continues Political Journey". The MoCo Student. January 5, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  13. ^ Amouzadeh, Nahal; Edmunds, Chantalie (March 24, 2018). "Hundreds of thousands joined DC's student-fueled March for Our Lives". WTOP-FM. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  14. ^ Perelli, Amanda; Rasicot, Julie (March 24, 2018). "MoCo Student Leader Tells D.C. March Crowd That Changing Gun Culture Is 'Going To Take Some Will'". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  15. ^ a b Keierleber, Mark (April 28, 2021). "How a Snapchat post laden with F-bombs and teen angst could give schools broad power over students' off-campus speech — and why young leaders are fighting back". LA School Report. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  16. ^ Daugherty, Lindsay (September 6, 2018). "Murphy, activists rush for gun reform". Yale Daily News. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  17. ^ Tulp, Sophia (June 15, 2018). "These 7 Anti-Gun Violence Groups Are All Led By Young People". Youth Radio. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  18. ^ Stern, Jacob; Yaffe-Bellany, David (September 25, 2018). "Yale Law School's Reckoning Over Brett Kavanaugh". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  19. ^ Meyer, Jacob Calvin (April 3, 2021). "Former Maryland student school board members lead nationwide effort to weigh in on upcoming Supreme Court case". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  20. ^ Bohnel, Steve (December 16, 2022). "Former Board of Education student member will apply for District 14 vacancy". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  21. ^ Kurtz, Josh (December 19, 2022). "Political notes: Long list of applicants for Luedtke's seat, plus Md. Dems' new leadership team and a new lobbying hire". Maryland Matters. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  22. ^ Bohnel, Steve (January 4, 2023). "Criminal justice reformer Mireku-North tapped to fill District 14 delegate vacancy". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  23. ^ Jacoby, Ceoli (September 24, 2025). "Former MoCo student school board member seeks House of Delegates seat". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
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