Areas of Responsibility: Campaign Finance; Campaign Management and Political Consulting; Political Communication: Contributions and expenditures, regulations training, political communications; manages our campaign finance team.

Matteo Gloria-D’Alto is a San José native with immigrant family roots in the Bay Area dating to the late 1800s. He has over nine years of experience in civic engagement, education, and communications. He is passionate about building a critical perspective among the populace that will in turn help us address the important challenges facing our world.

Most recently, Matteo served as a public information and outreach specialist with Valley Water, where he led the recycled water tour program and efforts to build community acceptance of recycled water as a safe, clean, and drought-resistant water supply. He also helped expand volunteer programs and supported the popular Adopt-a-Creek Program.

As a Communication Studies lecturer at San José State University (SJSU), Matteo empowered students to develop critical thinking and public speaking skills, enabling them to effectively engage diverse audiences around important issues. While at SJSU, Matteo also built an international studies program that fostered awareness between people from different cultures and nations through the lens of communication.

At CVSan, Matteo applied his critical mindset, passion for equal access to education, and dynamic learning philosophy to build awareness and increase participation in solid waste program efforts in Castro Valley.

Over the course of his nine-plus years in civic engagement and education, Matteo spearheaded efforts to mitigate the harmful impacts of environmental degradation, global climate disruption, mental health and addiction stigma, and discrimination within the LGBTQAI+ community. 

Now, as an associate with Eldridge Political Partners, Matteo is supporting efforts to elect the next generation of progressive, critically minded community leaders.

When not immersed in civic and community engagement work, Matteo enjoys aerospace science, technological innovation, science fiction, politics, meditation, dance, climbing, and adventures with his husband of 15 years, Jerome, and their dog, Panzer.