Dan Clutch
Deputy Director – Office of Export Enforcement (OEE)
U.S. Department of Commerce – BIS
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). Dan oversees the day-to-day management of OEE headquarters and field operations in over 30 locations across the U.S. He and his team protect 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, he served as the Special Agent in Charge of the OEE Chicago Field Office. Before joining OEE, Dan was a Supervisory Special Agent and a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State – Diplomatic Security Service. Dan is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Georgetown University – International Security Management Associate’s Leadership Program.