Matt Whewell

Speed Skating

Served as envoy

  • 2018  –  Palau

Matt Whewell, 29, joined US Speedskating as its Communications Director in 2015 after serving as Communications Manager for the Colorado Rockies for two years. No stranger to the Olympic movement, he was the public relations and Digital Communications Coordinator for USA Swimming from 2011-13, serving as a press officer for the U.S. Olympic Swim Team in London. Additionally, he was a media relations assistant with the Cleveland Indians from 2009-11, a media relations trainee for the Atlanta Braves (2008) and communications intern for the Cleveland Browns during the 2007 season. He is currently the Senior Lead of Global Brand Communications for Under Armour.

The Garfield Heights, Ohio native graduated from The University of Akron in 2007 with a Bachelors of Science in Sports Studies.