Full Name:
Mathew 'Mat' W. Pitsch
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Seanna; 4 Children
Birth Place:
Buffalo, WY
Home City:
Fort Smith, AR
Religion:
Lutheran
MS, Electrical Engineering Management, University of Missouri at Rolla, 1985-1986
BS, Electrical Engineering Management, University of Missouri at Rolla, 1983-1985
AA, Engineering, Hutchinson Community College, 1983
Former Majority Leader, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Senator, Arkansas State Senate, District 8, 2019-2023
Majority Whip, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-2023
Candidate, Arkansas State Treasurer, 2022
Assistant President Pro Tempore, Arkansas State Senate, District 3, 2019-2021
Representative, Arkansas State House of Representatives, District 76, 2014-2019
Candidate, Arkansas State Senate, District 8, 2018
Candidate, Arkansas House of Representatives, District 76, 2012
Vice Chair, Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-present
Member, Efficiency Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-present
Chair, Insurance and Commerce Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-present
Member, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-present
Vice Chair, Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, Arkansas State Senate, 2021-present
Former Member, Advanced Communication and Information Technology Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Agriculture, Forestry, And Economic Development Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Arkansas Legislative Council, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission Oversight, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Boys State Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Children and Youth Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Energy Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Chairman, Joint Subcommittee on Educational Institutions, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Public Transportation Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Small Business And Economic Development Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Claims Review (Arkansas Legislative Council), Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Lottery Oversight, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Personnel (Arkansas Legislative Council), Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Transportation and Rail, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Review, Arkansas House of Representatives
Executive Director, Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority of Western Arkansas, 2009-present
Adjunct Faculty Member, John Brown University, present
Electrical Engineer
Chief Executive Officer/President, McCourt Manufacturing
Employee, Whirlpool Corporation
Dean of the College of Applied Science and Technology, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, 2000-2005
Chair, Arkansas-Oklahoma Regional Education and Promotion Association, Incorporated Board, 2015-present
High School Sports Official
Member, Arkansas Oklahoma Fair and Rodeo Board
Chairman, Bethel Lutheran Church in Fort Smith
Member, Fort Smith Adult Education Advisory Board
Member, Fort Smith Juniors Volleyball
Participant, Leadership Arkansas
Participant, Leadership Fort Smith
Member, Leadership Fort Smith Advisory Board
Member, Manufacturing Executive Association
Member, Partners in Education
Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Member, United Way Board
Vice President of Economic Development, Greater Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2006-2007
Awards:
-Inclusion into the University of Missouri at Rolla Athletic Hall of Fame and the University of Missouri at Rolla College of Engineering Management's prestigious Engineering Academy
-Named one of the "40 under 40 Alumni"
Favorite Book:
The Bible
Favorite Movie:
Reagan the Movie
Favorite Musician:
Ben Rodgers