
Matthew Bond is SageCrest's CEO, focusing on building a firm whose talented financial professionals serve their clients and communities in ways that decrease stress and increase positivity. He grew up in Isla Vista and earned a bachelor's degree in business economics from UC Santa Barbara. A devoted outdoorsman who loves freedive spearfishing and foraging for wild mushrooms (and who says that clients love hearing about what he calls his "strange hobbies"), Matt focuses his volunteer work on fisheries management and advocacy for public land and water access. He also loves gardening, cooking, collecting orchids, and hanging out with his wife and two children.