Matt Ewalt

CHQ&A

Matt Ewalt, Chautauqua Institution chief of staff, joins the podcast this episode to speak on his work in overseeing Chautauqua's signature and historic 10:45 a.m. weekday Amphitheater lecture platform — the process of selecting themes and presenters, considerations of balance and representation, and a fulsome preview of each of the 2018 season's weekly themes. See a full and up-to-date schedule of all 2018 themes and lecturers at chq.org/2018.

Ewalt has served in several roles at Chautauqua since joining the Institution staff in 2006. For seven seasons he was the 16th editor of The Chautauquan Daily, the Institution's official seasonal newspaper, before becoming associate director of education and youth services. In 2017 he was appointed as chief of staff by President Michael E. Hill, tasked with the primary responsibility for Chautauqua's Amp lecture program. Before Chautauqua, Ewalt was a reporter for the Times Observer in Warren, Pennsylvania. Follow him on Twitter at @mjewalt.