Stuart Dwyer

Stuart Dwyer joined the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation as vice president for strategic engagement in June 2022, following an extensive career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

As an economic officer with the U.S. Department of State, Dwyer, over the course of multiple assignments, helped guide U.S. foreign engagement on issues ranging from trade to energy security, natural resource management, and macro stability policy. Most recently serving as chargé d’affaires (acting ambassador) at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Dwyer brought a focus on green energy innovation, Arctic cooperation, and scientific collaboration to the U.S. partnership with the Kingdom of Denmark.

From 2016 to 2019, Dwyer led the Economic Affairs section at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. Among other priorities, he worked with regional partners to foster cross-border innovation initiatives, collaborated with the U.S. Trade Representative on U.S.-Mexico-Canada negotiations, and oversaw U.S. mission involvement with the International Joint Commission on the management of transboundary water resources.

Between 2013 and 2016, Dwyer served as deputy chief of mission and, for over a year, as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. He led the embassy during a period of strong growth in the U.S. commercial relationship with Ireland—a period also marked by emerging public policy challenges on digital security, data sovereignty, and international taxation. Dwyer was an ex officio member of the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland.

In earlier assignments, Dwyer served multiple tours at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, including as minister-counselor for economic affairs (2011-2013), and at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Additional posts included head of the Political & Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Tallinn, Estonia and, in Washington, D.C., deputy director of the Office of Western European Affairs and financial economist in the State Department Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of Monetary Affairs.

A graduate of Middlebury College, Dwyer holds an M.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Syracuse University. He also earned a Brevet from France’s École Nationale d’Administration.