Joel Ehrendreich is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Palau since September 2023.

He served as director of Regional and Security Policy in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Prior to that, he was senior operations officer in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, a foreign policy advisor to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, a consul general at the U.S. Consulate General in Okinawa, Japan, an economic counselor at U.S. embassy in Manila, the Philippines, and an economic and political counselor at U.S. embassy in Singapore.

Earlier assignments include service at U.S. embassies in New Delhi, Tokyo, Sydney, and the West African nation of Togo.

[1] On March 20, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Ehrendreich to be the next United States ambassador to Palau.