Colonel Matt Dawson is the 2024-25 US Army War College Fellow at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He is a United States Army Infantry Officer with over 20 years of experience in leadership, operations, planning, security cooperation, education, and professional development.  Dawson holds a B.S. in Accounting from Marquette University and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.  He has served in leadership and staff positions in various assignments in the United States, Korea, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.  Kelley most recently served in the Office of Security Cooperation in the U.S. Embassy, Iraq. He is a native of Milwaukee, WI.