District 2

Matt Calabria

Matt Calabria web photo

Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 
 
Wake County: 919-856-5576 
 
Contact Commissioner Calabria
 
Elected: 2014 
Re-elected: 2018, 2020, 2022
Term Expires: December 2026

Public Safety Committee Chair

Professional

  • Attorney in Raleigh, NC
  • Mediator certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission to conduct mediations in North Carolina’s state superior courts

Regional, State & National Leadership

  • Task Force Member, National Association of Counties Affordable Housing Task Force, 2022–2023
  • Member, Leadership Council, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, 2016–2019
  • Trustee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004–2005
  • Former Co-Chair, Legislative Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division
  • Former Member, Student Affairs Advisory Board, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Graduate of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Raleigh Program

Public Service & Community Activities

  • Member, Board of Directors, Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, 2015–202
  • Past Volunteer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle
  • Member, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Member, Wake County Bar Association
  • Former Member, Young Alumni Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Education

  • Duke University School of Law. J.D., 2009; magna cum laude; Order of the Coif (top 10% of class). Editorial Board member, Duke Law Journal.
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. B.A., 2005; summa cum laude. Student Body President (2004–2005). Study Abroad: Viennese Diplomatic Academy and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Honors: Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of the Grail-Valkyries

Personal

Matt lives in Fuquay-Varina, NC, with his wife, Molly, and their daughter, Eleanor.