COL Matthew Clark

Colonel Matthew Clark is the Joint Project Manager (JPM) for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Medical. He is responsible for leading the medical portfolio for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND).

COL Clark previously served as Senior Policy Advisor and Director of COVID-19 International Response Operations on the White House COVID-19 Response Team (WHCRT) after serving as the Lead Program Manager for the Operation Warp Speed vaccine team. He was on hiatus from serving as the Director of the Office of Medical Systems under the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. On the WHCRT, he led operations to move 1.2+ billion COVID-19 vaccines to 115 countries bilaterally and through COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, involving Gavi (The Vaccine Alliance); the World Health Organization; the United Nations Children's Fund; Pan American Health Organization global organizations; and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust via the African Union. He worked the whole-of-government vaccine response through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Coordination Operation Response Element (formerly the Countermeasures Acceleration Group); the Departments of State and Defense; the U.S. Agency for International Development; the National Institutes of Health; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The public-private team he led delivered over 534 million doses.

COL Clark previously served as Joint Product Manager for Chemical Defense Pharmaceuticals in the JPEO-CBRND. His team received a Gold-level Edison Award™ of Innovation for high-quality, rapid product development for tightly-engineered capabilities; published four Army AL&T Magazine articles; and received MG Harry Greene Awards in 2018 and 2019. He was also the first medical officer recognized as the U.S. Army’s Product Manager of the Year in 2018. In other leadership positions around the world, he directed medical clinics and laboratories, served as Military Legislative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives, and as the Director of the Eisenhower Leader Development Program at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Columbia University.

He is a distinguished graduate of Coe College and received a PhD in behavioral and neural sciences from Rutgers University. He also has a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the Army War College and received a doctorate of humane letters from Coe College in 2021. He has published two edited books, eight book chapters, and over 30 peer-reviewed and professional articles.