Matt Frommer is Transportation & Land Use Policy Manager at the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP) and works to advance policies that cut transportation pollution, accelerate vehicle electrification, and build more healthy, walkable, and equitable communities. He works closely with policymakers and transportation planners to increase funding for multimodal transportation options like transit, biking, and walking, and support more efficient, compact land use. Matt’s goal is to make our communities less car-dependent and in the process, improve access to opportunity, lower emissions, and save people money on housing and transportation.

Background
Prior to working on climate and transportation policy, Matt was an architect working on mixed-use and residential development in New York City and Abu Dhabi. Throughout his work in architecture, he gravitated toward projects that support sustainability and affordability, sparking an interest in climate, transportation, and land use that eventually brought him to SWEEP.

Education
MS in Environmental Science in Sustainable Planning and Management, University of Colorado Boulder BS in Architecture, University of Michigan

Email
mfrommer@swenergy.org

Passionate about sustainable and equitable land use policy, Caroline serves as a Housing & Smart Growth Senior Associate at SWEEP. Her work focuses on transit-oriented community development in Colorado, aiming to create walkable communities with accessible public transportation for people across all income levels. She excels in coalition-building and community outreach.

Background
Caroline has extensive environmental policy experience, including research and writing on urban heat islands for the EPA and environmental justice issues at the nonprofit WE ACT’s federal policy office. She has been a strong advocate for community-building and collective action, having served as a field organizer for the Michigan Democratic Party and a leader in the University of Michigan’s graduate student labor union. Previously, Caroline worked as a freelance journalist and spent three years leading marketing and public relations for public service and leadership programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill).

Education
MS in Environmental Science and MA in Public Policy, University of Michigan BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill

Email
cleland@swenergy.org

Max works to advance abundant housing and sustainable land use in Colorado. This includes work at the state and local levels to implement best practices in land use, zoning, transportation, and public finance to support diverse and affordable housing, sustainable growth, and resilient, equitable communities. Max joined SWEEP in 2025 after working on campaigns and as an environmental policy political staffer. His work with the Colorado Senate Democrats included successful legislation on utility regulation, bike and pedestrian infrastructure funding, and reducing barriers to vegetable gardening and water-wise landscaping. He works to promote tree planting and native plant landscaping in his west Denver Community and on the board of the High Plains Environmental Center.

Email
mnardo@swenergy.org