MATTHEW APPEL, TREASURER & BUDGET DIRECTOR

Matthew Appel has served as Treasurer and Budget Director of the Presbytery of the Northwest Coast since the summer of 2022. He works toward enabling the Presbytery to meet its goals of supporting churches and pastors in the Pacific Northwest.

Matt has served as Treasurer of two churches in the Presbytery, as well as the Lynnwood Food Bank. He earned his BS in Mathematics and Physics from Washington and Lee University and his MBA from the University of Washington. He also served 8 years in the United States Navy.

He and his wife, Katie, a CPA who works in tax preparation, have been married for 25 years and live in Lynnwood. Their daughter, Charlotte attends college in Iowa, and intends to become a high school band director. Their son, Henry, spent many years with the Northwest Boychoir before graduating to their VocalPoint! Seattle program. He intends go to college to study robotics.