
Matt Papaycik is thrilled to serve as the Director of Special Events and Marketing for the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County.
Matt is responsible for producing the Education Foundation’s signature events, including Celebrate The Great, the Distinguished Alumni and Leadership Awards, the GoTeach! Classroom Grant Awards, the Bill Malone FORE Our Schools Golf Tournament, and the Heroes For Education 5K Run/Walk. In addition, he serves as a content creator for the Education Foundation’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
Prior to joining the Education Foundation in 2025, Matt spent nearly 20 years in television news, including as a digital content creator at WPTV in West Palm Beach, an Emmy Award-winning news producer at WSVN in Miami, an executive news producer at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, and a special projects producer at WKMG-TV in Orlando.
A native of New Jersey, Matt is a proud graduate of Penn State University, where he majored in broadcast journalism.
Matt loves exploring South Florida with his wife, Stephanie, and their two sons, Miles and Carter. In addition to being passionate about public education, Matt is an avid LEGO builder and loves health and fitness, movies, and traveling.