Matt and his wife Ginny founded 99 Balloons, an organization working alongside persons with disability locally and globally. Many know Matt through the story of his son, Eliot, whose 99 days on this earth were commemorated with 99 balloons. He is the author of the book, A Story Unfinished. Matt lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he busies himself raising Eliot's siblings—Hazel, Anders and Lena.