Matt Strickler

Matthew Strickler (born May 16) is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Previously he served as the Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources under Governor Ralph Northam.

Background Strickler hails from Lexington, Virginia. Strickler completed his studies at the College of William and Mary in 2007. He was selected that year as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow through the Virginia Sea Grant Program.

Career Strickler met Ralph Northam in 2008 while working in Hampton Roads for Mark Warner's 2008 senatorial campaign. an oyster farming company in Cape Charles, Northampton County on Virginia's Eastern Shore. His co-founder, Clark Mercer, served as Northam's Chief of Staff during Northam's lieutenant governorship, and continued to serve in a similar position under Northam's governorship. Strickler resigned in 2021 to join the Biden administration.