Partnership SpecialistInter-American Foundation
Matt Clausen leads the Inter-American Foundation’s (IAF’s) efforts to identify, develop, implement, and manage partnerships with private companies, foundations, academia, and other institutions to bring greater technical and financial resources to bear to achieve IAF’s grassroots development goals. Prior, Matt was President of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Before that, he spent 15 years in senior leadership at Partners of the Americas, building, supporting, and leading grassroots and cross-border partnerships, including the Obama Administration’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, an award-winning public-private partnership. Matt is also a decades-long advocate for impactful volunteering worldwide, serving in various volunteer board leadership roles; he himself served as a volunteer English teacher in Ecuador. Matt received an MA in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Swarthmore College. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his family.