David Berteau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Berteau is president of his consulting and advisory business, David Berteau and Associates. He focuses on helping government contractors make sense of what is happening in Washington.
In May 2025, he stepped down after nearly 10 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Services Council (PSC), whose 400 member companies are the core of the federal government contracting industry.
As CEO, Mr. Berteau led efforts to improve outcomes and results for the government through better use of contracts and contractors. He focused on legislative and regulatory issues related to government acquisition and on the federal budgets and program requirements needed to achieve better results in government performance.
Prior to PSC, Mr. Berteau was confirmed in December 2014 as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness. He oversaw the management of the $170 billion in Department of Defense logistics.
Previously, Mr. Berteau served as Senior Vice President and Director of the National Security Program on Industry and Resources at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His research and analysis covered national security, management, contracting, logistics, acquisition, and industrial base issues.
Mr. Berteau is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has also served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, a Director of the Procurement Round Table, and an Associate at the Robert S. Strauss Center at the University of Texas.
Prior to CSIS, Mr. Berteau was director of national defense and homeland security for Clark & Weinstock, director of Syracuse University's National Security Studies Program and a professor of practice at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and senior vice president at Science Applications International Corporation. Before SAIC, he held a variety of positions in the Department of Defense. Throughout his career, he served a total of 14 years at senior levels in the U.S. Defense Department under six defense secretaries.
Mr. Berteau graduated with a B.A. from Tulane University in 1971 and received his master's degree in 1981 from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.
