Matt came to Knox County in 1991, then to the city, in 1995. Originally, from Indiana, Matt graduated from Manchester University and entered graduate school at Kent State University, where he received his Master's Degree. He started in Knox County working for the Mount Vernon Developmental Center, then as a part-time instructor for Central Ohio Technical College, an Assistant Football Coach for Kenyon College, and then started a corporate film and video production company.
Rob Broeren was sworn in as Mount Vernon’s Law Director on August 10, 2014, after previously serving as Assistant Law Director since 2009. The voters of Mount Vernon returned him to Office in 2015, 2019 and 2023.
Judge Thatcher received his Juris Doctorate degree from Capital University Law School, in 1989, where he participated in the International Law Moot Court Team. He earned a double major in History and Political Science, with departmental honors, from Otterbein University, in 1986.