Matt Sherman is currently based in Kabul, Afghanistan with the Department of State. Since January 2010, he is a member of General Stanley McChrystal’s and subsequently General David Petraeus' Strategic Advisory Group. In 2009, Matt was the Senior Civilian Representative in Logar and Wardak provinces. Matt was presented the Department of State Award for Heroism by Secretary Hillary Clinton in November 2009 for assisting in the rescue of wounded American soldiers following an ambush in Afghanistan.

Matt served two extended tours in Iraq. From December 2003 to January 2006, under the Coalition Provisional Authority and later the Department of State, he was the personal advisor to four Iraqi Ministers of Interior and advised senior Iraqi and Coalition personnel on non-military security matters. From November 2006 until December 2007, Matt worked as the political advisor to the First Cavalry Division, the military unit in charge of operations in Baghdad during the planning and implementation of the "surge".

He has been a Principal with SCI Consulting, a Senior Advisor to the Scowcroft Group, and an Adjunct with the RAND Corporation.  In a private capacity, Matt worked as Director of Research for General Colin Powell (Ret.) and his non-profit organization, America's Promise. Trained as an attorney, Matt practiced corporate law for the firm Drinker Biddle & Reath.

Matt received his B.A and J.D. from the University of North Carolina, and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University. As a Fulbright Scholar, he worked with the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs on US - Australian trade regulations. Matt is a contributor to the Opinion page of The New York Times and provides foreign affairs' analysis to the News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Previous international assignments include appointments with the OSCE in Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova as an election security planner and international monitor. A keen amateur photographer, Matt's works have been displayed in the Guggenheim Museum and Guns n’ Ammo magazine.