Matt McKenna

Operating Partner

Matt McKenna has served as Executive in Residence of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business since February 2017, where he founded and leads the Rural Opportunity Initiative. The Initiative studies and promotes the role of private investment in the rural economy as a key to establish rural prosperity. Key areas of investment focus are agriculture, technology, infrastructure and venture capital. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; President and Chief Executive Officer of Keep America Beautiful, Inc; and Director and Senior Vice President of Finance of PepsiCo, Inc. Mr. McKenna has a JD and LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA in Philosophy from Hamilton College.