Staff

David J. Berteau, Senior Adviser and Director:

David J. Berteau is senior adviser and director of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, where he leads research related to the health and management of the defense industrial base, including projects on defense acquisition reform, export controls, contracts for federal services, the U.S. defense software industrial base, and complex program management. Mr. Berteau serves on Defense Science Board task forces on the defense industrial structure and on integrating commercial systems into defense. He also serves on the secretary of the army’s Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management in Expeditionary Operations.

Prior to joining CSIS, he was director of national defense and homeland security for Clark & Weinstock, with state governments, academic institutions, associations, and private firms as clients. A former director of Syracuse University’s National Security Studies Program, Mr. Berteau is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a member of the Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors, and a director of the Procurement Round Table. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the Federal Outreach Advisory Committee of the Association of Defense Communities. Previously, Mr. Berteau was a senior vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for seven years, and he served in the Defense Department under four defense secretaries, including four years as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for production and logistics.

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.

Greg Kiley, Senior Associate:

Gregory Kiley is a Senior Associate at CSIS, covering national security and defense budget matters.  Having recently left Capitol Hill, Mr. Kiley spent the past six years as a Senior Professional Staff Member for the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC).  As Staff Director for two SASC subcommittees, his oversight portfolio included all air and ground forces, military readiness, the Department of Defense budget, information technology, and defense business transformation efforts.  Responsibilities included coordinating and conducting congressional hearings, developing and drafting legislation, and negotiating and staffing passage of annual National Defense Authorization Acts and supplemental spending bills. Prior to joining the SASC, Mr. Kiley spent 3 years as a Principal Analyst for the National Security Division of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concentrating on logistics and readiness issues.  He authored two major reports entitled The Effects of Aging on the Cost of Operating and Maintaining Military Equipment (August, 2001) and The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans (January 2003).  Prior to the CBO, Mr. Kiley served 15 years in the US Air Force, primarily as a C-130 Pilot, deploying throughout the world including Southwest Asia, Europe, the Far East, and Latin America.  He also held positions as a Wing Plans Officer, Maintenance Officer, and Information Management Officer.  Mr. Kiley is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy (1988), the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland (1990), and the Seminar XXI Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003). 

Gary Powell, Senior Associate:

Gary Powell is a Senior Associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  Prior to joining CSIS, Mr. Powell spent more than thirty years with the Department of Defense, most recently, as the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy (ADUSD(IP)), the senior career DoD executive for all matters related to the defense industry and industrial policy.  As the ADUSD(IP), Mr. Powell directed or oversaw all corporate DoD industrial capability assessments to identify potential near-term industrial bottlenecks and long-term industrial capability viability concerns. He also represented DoD equities to Congress for current and proposed “Buy American” legislation; and other industrial base-related statutes and policies. 

Mr. Powell directed DoD mergers and acquisitions reviews for both antitrust (Hart-Scott-Rodino) and national security (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) purposes.  Mr. Powell also directed DoD’s Defense Priorities and Allocations System and Priority Allocation of Industrial Resources Task Force to ensure the most important DoD programs receive priority delivery when faced with production resource constraints; most recently supporting U.S. and coalition operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Finally, Mr. Powell's responsibilities also included the development of policies, procedures, analyses, and recommendations relating to defense industrial resources and defense industry trends; and the programmatic, industrial, financial, and economic impacts of DoD acquisition strategies on the industrial base.

Hardin Lang, Senior Associate:

Hardin Lang is a senior associate with the CSIS International Security Program. Previously he worked at the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations, where he was responsible for Afghanistan and Haiti and helped establish the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Haiti, directed by former U.S. president Bill Clinton. Lang has spent over 11 years working for the United Nations and other international organizations in conflict zones, including in Central America, the Balkans, Gaza, and Iraq. His areas of expertise include peacekeeping and stability operations, humanitarian assistance, displaced populations, human rights, and economic dimensions of peace building. He has published widely, including for the Economist Intelligence Unit, and has been a contributing author to numerous UN reports. His research on political violence in Central America was published by the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. He holds a masters in public administration from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and a masters in international history from the London School of Economics.

Guy Ben-Ari, Deputy Director:

Guy Ben-Ari is a fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group in the CSIS International Security Program, where he works on projects related to U.S. and European technology and industrial bases supporting defense.

Prior to joining CSIS, Mr. Ben-Ari was a research associate at the George Washington University’s Center for International Science and Technology Policy, where he worked on European research and development policies and European network-centric capabilities. From 2000 to 2002, he was involved with collaborative research and development programs for Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., an Israeli high-technology company in the field of satellite communications, and from 1995 to 2000, he was a technology analyst for the Israeli government. He has also consulted for the European Commission and the World Bank on innovation policy and project evaluation.

Mr. Ben-Ari holds a master’s degree in international science and technology policy from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tel Aviv University. He is the coauthor of Transforming European Militaries: Coalition Operations and the Technology Gap (Routledge, 2006) and the author of various book chapters and articles.

Stephanie Sanok, Senior Fellow:

Stephanie Sanok is a senior fellow at CSIS, working on acquisition reform, export controls, and a variety of international security projects. Prior to joining CSIS, she served at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, where she developed policy options for the U.S. government’s efforts to support a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant Iraq. While there, she collaborated closely with military and civilian colleagues to revise the Joint Campaign Plan—a unique interagency strategy to strengthen U.S. relations with Iraq along political, economic, energy, rule of law, and security lines of operation—and identify strategic risks and transition issues related to the U.S. military withdrawal. From 2005 to 2008, Ms. Sanok was a professional staff member on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services (HASC); from 2006 to 2007, she directed the HASC policy team, which handled overarching defense policy topics and special projects, including issues such as detention of enemy combatants, export controls and technology security, troops levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Pentagon’s role in foreign assistance and civil aspects of overseas operations. At the Pentagon from 1998 to 2005, she worked in the secretary of defense’s counterproliferation, European, and NATO policy offices and, as a Presidential Management Fellow, completed rotations in the secretary of defense’s policy, comptroller, and personnel/readiness offices, in the Joint Staff’s Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate, and at the U.S. embassy Sarajevo and the U.S. mission to NATO. Ms. Sanok received a master of public policy degree with concentrations in international security policy and conflict resolution from Harvard University in 1998 and a B.S. degree (with honors) in communication and international relations from Cornell University.

Joachim Hofbauer, Fellow:

Joachim Hofbauer is a fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He specializes in U.S. and European defense acquisition and industrial base issues, and their impact on the transatlantic defense market. Before joining CSIS, Mr. Hofbauer worked as a freelance defense analyst in Germany and the United Kingdom. His analysis has been published in several U.S. and German defense publications. Mr. Hofbauer holds a B.A. in European Studies from the University of Passau, and an M.A. with honors in Security Studies, with a concentration in Defense Analysis, from Georgetown University.

Gregory Sanders, Fellow:

Greg Sanders is a fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS, where he gathers and analyzes data on U.S. defense policy issues. He has worked on DIIG’s software industrial base study and its complexity series. He previously worked as an intern for the CSIS Global Strategy Institute, where he focused on long-term global trends. Mr. Sanders holds an M.A. in international relations from the University of Denver and a B.A. in government and politics and a B.S. in computer science from the University of Maryland.

Ryan Crotty, Research Associate:

Ryan Crotty is a research associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS.  His work at DIIG has focused on long-term defense spending trends, defense budget issues, and foreign military sales and aid.  Ryan received his M.A. in International Affairs from the Pennsylvania State University in where he also worked as a research assistant to Ambassador Dennis Jett.  While at Penn State, he was a 2010 recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Strategic and Global Security Scholars Program scholarship, through which he studied at the Baobab Center in Dakar, Senegal.  Previously, he worked in state government consulting.  Ryan also holds a B.A. in government and international studies from Colby College.

Jesse Ellman, Research Associate:

Jesse Ellman is a research associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He specializes in U.S. defense acquisition issues, with a particular focus on recent U.S. Army modernization efforts. Mr. Ellman holds a B.A. in Political Science from Stony Brook University, and a M.A. with honors in Security Studies, with a concentration in Military Operations, from Georgetown University.  

Emily Linehan, Research Associate:

Emily Linehan is a research associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).  Her work at DIIG has focused on defense and contract spending in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Ms. Linehan previously interned at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in the Law Enforcement Section, as well as the Eurasia Foundation and the Podesta Group.  She holds a B.A. in Slavic Studies from Brown University, a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and an M.A. in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Reed Livergood, Research Associate:

Reed Livergood is a research associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His current work focuses on rare earth elements, federal professional services contracting, and U.S. naval shipbuilding. Before joining CSIS, Mr. Livergood received his M.A. in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies with specialization in conflict negotiation and resolution. He also holds a B.A. in history and music performance from Lindenwood University. Prior professional work has been in the import/export business, teaching English abroad, and mediation within the California Superior Court system.

David Morrow, Research Associate:

David Morrow is a research associate with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS.  Mr. Morrow has previously interned at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of European Security and Political Affairs, as well as the U.S.-Russia Business Council.  Within the DIIG portfolio, Mr. Morrow focuses his research on federal professional services spending and U.S. naval ship construction.  He holds a B.A. in International Affairs from James Madison University, where he concentrated in Russian studies, and he recently attended The George Washington University for an M.A. in European and Eurasian Studies. 

Kristina Obecny, Project Manager:

Kristina Obecny is Project Manager with the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS.  Prior to joining DIIG, she worked in the Office of the President at CSIS, providing research and administrative support to the president and vice president for research and programs. She received a B.A. in international relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso in Chile.

Roy Levy, Consultant:

Roy Levy is a Consultant with the Defense-Industrial Initiative Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he specializes in financial aspects of the U.S. defense industrial base. Before joining CSIS, Mr. Levy was a Policy Analyst with a New York City-based economic research firm and was a Fellow at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies between 2007 and 2009. He is the author and co-author of several published articles on international security issues.  Mr. Levy holds a B.A. in Political Economy from the City University of New York.

Elena Derby, Research Assistant: 

Elena Derby is a Research Assistant with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS.  She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Economics from Claremont McKenna College, and also studied with the School for International Training in Amman, Jordan.  Previously Elena worked as an intern for the Burke Chair in Strategy at CSIS and as a field researcher for the Badia Research and Development Center in northern Jordan.  She also received the Jack Stark Fellowship in Security Studies from the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies in 2007, and participated in the Kravis Leadership Institute International Internship Program in 2008.

Priscilla Hermann, Research Assistant:

Priscilla Hermann is a research assistant with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG) at CSIS. Prior to working with DIIG, she interned with CSIS’s Office of External Relations. At CSIS, Ms. Hermann provides research support for a number of DIIG projects and co-authored a report commissioned by the European Union on the regulatory environments for homeland security in the United States and the EU. Before joining CSIS, Ms. Hermann was an intern for the Global Initiatives and Outreach Program at Student World Assembly, a New-York based NGO committed to promoting democracy, human rights, and student activism world-wide.  A graduate of the George Washington University, Ms. Hermann holds a B.A. with a double major in International Affairs (concentrating in international economics and Europe/Eurasia) and in French Language and Literature. She also obtained an international diploma from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and speaks fluent French as she has spent two years living and studying in France.