Dr. Dov S. Zakheim

Dov Zakheim most recently worked as a vice-president at Booz Allen Hamilton, a government contracting firm. Prior to that, he served as the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Defense. From 2002 – 2004, Dr. Zakheim was DOD’s coordinator of civilian programs in Afghanistan. He also helped organize both the June 2003 UN donors’ conference on Iraq reconstruction and the October 2003 Madrid Donors’ Conference.

From 1987 to 2001, he was both corporate vice president of System Planning Corporation and chief executive officer of its subsidiary, SPC International Corp. During the 2000 presidential campaign, he served as a senior foreign policy advisor to then-Governor Bush.

From 1985 to March 1987, Dr. Zakheim was Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Planning and Resources in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Policy). Dr. Zakheim held several other DOD Posts from 1981 to 1985. Earlier, he was a principal analyst in the National Security and International Affairs Division of the Congressional Budget Office.

Dr. Zakheim serves on numerous government, corporate and non-profit and charitable boards. He is a 1970 graduate of Columbia University, studied at the London School of Economics and holds a doctorate in economics and politics from St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

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