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Illinois PIRG Education Fund Staff

Matt Wellington
Director, Public Health Campaigns
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Started on staff: 2013
B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Manhattan College

Matt directs U.S. PIRG's public health campaigns, including campaigns responding to the COVID-19 crisis and the lack of adequate medical supplies and testing equipment. He also directs our campaigns to address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections by stopping the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture, and to reverse the alarming increase in teen nicotine addiction by banning tobacco products marketed to kids. Matt is an avid outdoorsman and loves to play the drums and harmonica.

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