Dean Matlack's Bio
Dean Matlack
Dean Matlack is currently based at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, where he has worked since 2021 to facilitate trade and investment between the United States and Ghana. His previous assignments include tours at U.S. Missions in Kazakhstan, Thailand and Japan. Dean also served a domestic posting at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Dean served as a Trade Policy Analyst in the office of the Deputy Undersecretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He joined the Department in 2001 as a Presidential Management Fellow and served a rotational assignment to the Office of the United States Trade Representative. From 1994-1997, Dean was employed by the Japanese Ministry of Education as a language instructor and local coordinator for international relations in Kumamoto, Japan.
Matlack holds a Master of Public Administration in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Political Science from Weber State University.