Robin Matthewman
Deputy Chief of Mission

Biographical data

Robin Matthewman arrived in Montevideo on February 21, 2008 to begin her tour as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy to Uruguay.

Ms. Matthewman joined the Foreign Service in 1987 as an Economic Officer. She has served in Mexico City, Costa Rica, Moscow and in Honduras (2001-2004) as Economic and Commercial Counselor. Most recently, as deputy director of the Office of Andean Affairs where she directly supervised the Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia desks.

Her previous Washington tours have included working on European trade issues (1991-1993) Caspian oil and gas issues (1994-96), senior Venezuela desk officer (1999-2001) and division chief for Europe and Western Hemisphere in the State Department's Office of Bilateral Trade (2004-2006) during the ratification of the CAFTA trade agreement and the negotiation of the Peru and Colombia FTAs.

Ms. Matthewman has a Bachelors Degree in International Relations, with a specialty in Economic Development from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (1975), and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle (1986). She also participated in the MidCareer program at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1993-1994.

She is married to Jack Matthewman and has two sons, Robert (13) and Scotty (11).

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