Matthew Marcellus
Director of Communications
Nearly ten years in communications, from Army public affairs to nonprofit crisis response.
Relocating to CT
Camp Humphreys, South Korea.
By the numbers
6.6M
Facebook views, Sept. 2025 to Oct. 2026, with interactions up 151 percent
17
news organizations with interviews coordinated as primary media contact, 2025 to 2026
35%
rise in August online giving, $73,000 in 2026 against $54,000 in 2025
6 of 19
media requests became executive director interviews after the Nov. 26, 2025 shooting
Selected work
All workCrisis response: National Guard shooting, Washington, November 2025
Statement published on Thanksgiving, the day after the shooting, drew 89,301 Facebook views. Interviews followed with The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, CBS and CNN.
Case studyRevenue campaignDay 1,827: fifth anniversary of the fall of Kabul
Seventeen ally stories ran in August. Online giving rose 35 percent, to $73,000.
Case studyBrand and platformBrand refresh and website rebuild
nooneleft.org rebuilt on Webflow with an outside firm and relaunched Oct. 19, 2026: three logo lockups, a six-color palette and separate paths for allies seeking help and for supporters.
Case studyHearing responseSenate hearing on Afghan vetting, January 2026
Pitched 50 reporters two days out. Task & Purpose, Stars and Stripes and KPBS covered the hearing; all three were on the pitch list and quoted the executive director.
Case studyCoverage
Interviews coordinated with 17 news organizations as primary media contact, 2025 to 2026.
Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo
D.C. shooting suspect was part of a CIA-backed unit whose veterans have struggled in the U.S.
GOP senators seize on shooting by Afghan national to slam Biden-era resettlement programs
The Trump Administration Might Send Afghan Refugees to Danger in Congo
Veterans defend Afghan ally programs as Trump closes doors
Veterans stand with Afghan allies as Senate Republicans say they're a public safety risk
Army public affairs, 2017 to 2023
Army work
Brian Godfrey, organizer of the Bag Brigade, with welcome bags for Soldiers entering COVID-19 quarantine. Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Nov. 21, 2020. U.S. Army photo by Matthew Marcellus.
Public affairs NCOIC at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, South Korea, through North Korean escalation cycles and COVID operations.
Keith L. Ware Award, News Story of the Year, first place, 2020, for the Bag Brigade story.