Dan Clutch is the Deputy Director for the Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). A career member of the Senior Executive Service, Mr. Clutch oversees the day-to-day management of OEE headquarters and field operations in 30 locations across the United States. Mr. Clutch and his team protect and promote U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives by investigating illegal exports of sensitive goods and technologies that can be put to malign purposes like weapons of mass destruction proliferation, military and military-intelligence applications, terrorism, and human rights abuses.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Clutch served as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the OEE Chicago Field Office. As SAC, Mr. Clutch oversaw criminal and administrative investigations of export violations in 11 Midwestern states and collaborated with the exporting community to prevent violations through outreach to industry and academia.
Before joining OEE, he served with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service. Mr. Clutch supervised investigative programs in the Midwestern states relating to attempts to fraudulently obtain U.S. passports and entry visas to further identity theft schemes, document trafficking, and narcotics trafficking. He also led protective security details for several high-profile foreign dignitaries while they visited the United States.
Mr. Clutch began his law enforcement career with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). At HHS-OIG, he conducted complex criminal and civil investigations of health care providers and companies defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
Mr. Clutch is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Georgetown University-International Security Management Association’s Leadership Program.