Matthew Barron

Matthew Barron

Matt Barron, is the Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Sylvamo Corporation.  Prior to this role, Matt worked at International Paper for fifteen years after working for the law firm of Sullivan & Worcester LLP in Boston, Massachusetts.  Prior to starting his legal career Matt worked for Ernst & Young as an audit manager.

Matt served on the board of directors of the Mid-South Food Bank from 2016 through June 2021, and also previously served on the board of ASG Worldwide (AGI-Shorewood), a business of Atlas Holdings LLC.

Education: Matt holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Fairfield University and is a certified public accountant (inactive). He earned his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

Interests: Spending time with his wife Jodi and their three boys.  I enjoy traveling and watching or participating in most sports.

Equipping

CEDM’s intensive training programs provide members of legal and corporate communities tools to help them recognize unconscious bias, enabling them to shift towards equitable decision making.

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Working Together

CEDM has worked with District Attorneys, judges, public defenders and executives to bring awareness to implicit bias, but our work goes beyond members of the legal profession. Extending our reach to decision makers in health care, politics, and educational systems, as well as the public, is paramount to undoing the damage that has affected so many in our community.

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Our Board

 

  • Phyllis Aluko, Chief Public Defender, Shelby County
  • Bryce W. Ashby, Donati Law, PLLC
  • Matthew Barron, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Sylvamo Corporation
  • Bernice Donald, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (retired)
  • Greg Duckett, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital & Health Care Services
  • Demetria Frank, Director of Diversity & Inclusion and Associate Professor, University of Memphis School of Law
  • Desi Franklin, Senior Vice President/Assistant General Counsel, First Horizon
  • Gina Higgins, Judge, Circuit Court Division 4
  • Marlinee Clark Iverson, County Attorney, Shelby County Government
  • JoeDae Jenkins, Chancellor, Part 3 of Chancery Court for Shelby County
  • Dr. Robert Kaplan
  • Lorna McClusky, Partner, Massey McClusky Law Firm
  • Caren Nichol, Evans Petree P.C.
  • Tommy Parker, Judge, U.S. District Courts of Western Tennessee
  • Doris Randle-Holt, Federal Public Defender, Western District of Tennessee
  • Terrence O. Reed, Managing Director of Employment Litigation, Federal Express Corporation
  • Katharine Traylor Schaffzin, Dean of Cecil C. Humphreys Law School, University of Memphis

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