Matt Biggar, Ph.D., is the Principal and Founder of Connected to Place, a strategy consulting firm that supports place-based collaboratives, nonprofits, and government agencies with facilitation, strategic planning, and research and advisory services. Matt specializes in the development, implementation, and evaluation of collaborative and systems change strategies. He is an author/co-author of several published articles covering his research on human behavior, sustainability, systems change, and place-based collaboration.