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Welcome to the Personal Website of Matt Ready

👋 You’ve arrived at the digital home of Matt Ready — activist, philosopher, hospital commissioner, and technologist living in the Olympic Peninsula’s beautiful Port Townsend, Washington.

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👤 About Matt

Matt Ready was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Bethesda, Maryland. He attended Walter Johnson High School before earning his degree in Philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park, with honors including Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. He also studied abroad at the University of Bristol in England, with a minor focused on Ideology and Utopia Studies.

In 1995, Matt moved west to Port Townsend, Washington, aiming to live as an artist and philosopher. But the universe had other plans. He became a freelance web developer and joined the IT department at Jefferson Healthcare in 1998. By 2007, he had transitioned to the hospital’s Lean Resource Office, becoming a Toyota-trained Lean Fellow. Over the next six years, Matt led over 30 improvement workshops and 50+ focused improvement projects across nearly every department.

In 2013, still employed by Jefferson Healthcare, Matt ran for office as a Hospital Commissioner. Running on a platform focused on healthcare equity, public service, and transparency, he won by 500 votes—defeating the then-board president, a retired physician. After the win, Matt stepped down from his staff role and began his elected term in January 2014.

🌀 Matt’s Other Projects

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