Dr. Matthew Polk is the Executive Director of Prosper Waco, the backbone organization of Prosper Waco with a mission to measurably improve the health, education, and financial security of the Waco community through collective impact.  Dr. Matthew Polk is a graduate of Baylor University and holds a PhD from Harvard University and a MBA from Baylor. Before joining Prosper Waco as the Executive Director of the Prosper Waco initiative, he served as superintendent of Rapoport Academy Public School, a public charter school district in Waco. Polk is a 2024 graduate of Leadership Waco and a member of the Waco Rotary Club. Matthew and his wife Kristen live in the heart of the Waco community with their children, Nate, Abby, Anna and Theo.