Matt Kaczmarek, Managing Director, is Global Head of Sustainable Private Debt Investing and Head of the Los Angeles office at BlackRock. His team delivers innovative sustainable investing strategies, market-leading ESG integration, and tech-enabled ESG data and reporting to support $16 billion in sustainability-oriented private debt assets under management. Matt is also global chair of the firms Out & Allies LGBTQ+ employee network. Previously Matt held senior economic policy appointments in the Obama Administration at the White House and Departments of State and the Treasury. He received his BA from UCLA and MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he was editor-in-chief of the SAIS Review of International Affairs. He is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations.