Rear Admiral David J. Nash, CEC, USN (ret.) has over four decades of experience in building, design and program management for both the U.S. Navy and the private sector. His experience includes the management of multi-billion dollar physical asset programs, including the U.S. Navy’s shore installations worldwide and the reconstruction of Iraq’s infrastructure. He currently serves as President of BE&K Government Group, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Jordan-BE&K Federal Group, LLC. Nash also has his own project consultancy, Dave Nash & Associates, LLC.
Most recently, Rear Admiral Nash served as Director of the Iraq Program Management Office (PMO) under the Coalition Provisional Authority and later, as Director of the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) under the U.S. State Department. Under his direction, these organizations managed the $18.4 billion Iraq infrastructure reconstruction program.
Rear Admiral Nash’s service in the U.S. Navy spanned thirty-three years as an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC). Among his many leadership positions, Nash served at the top of the CEC as Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers. In this capacity, he led a 20,000-person organization responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of the U.S. Navy’s shore installations worldwide, as well as leadership over the Navy’s 2,000 military engineers.
In the private sector, he has extended his leadership over large building programs in a variety of executive positions. Upon retiring from the Navy, he served as Program Director, Parsons Brinkerhoff, for a one billion dollar renovation program of General Motors’ Warren Technical Center Campus in Warren, MI, the centerpiece of which—the renovation of a 2.2 million gross square feet vehicle engineering facility—won three major industry awards. He later established a new company for Parsons Brinkerhoff, PB Buildings, which provided facilities life-cycle services for private sector facilities.
Rear Admiral Nash recently launched the highly successful BE&K Government Group into the federal engineering and construction market for parent company, BE&K, Inc. As president of the Government Group, he oversaw the creation of Jordan-BE&K Federal Group, LLC, a joint venture between BE&K and C.F. Jordan, to accelerate BE&K’s entry into the federal sector. With these resources, BE&K has quickly established itself as a leading provider of engineering, construction, and facilities services to the Department of Defense.
Rear Admiral Nash is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Society of American Military Engineers Golden Eagle Award, the Beavers Award for Heavy Engineering Construction, the ASCE John I. Parcel-Leif J. Sverdrup Award for Civil Engineering Management, and the CERF/IIEC Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research. In 2005, he was named “One of the 50 Top Newsmakers” by Engineering News-Record. He was elected to the National Academy of Construction in 2003 and the National Academy of Engineering in 2007. He was awarded the Carroll H. Dunn Award of Excellence by the Construction Industry Institute in 2007.
Rear Admiral Nash serves on committees of the Federal Facilities Council of the National Research Council (NRC) Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment; is a Life Member and Fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers. He is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow), the Program Management Institute, the American Society of Quality Control, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Indiana Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Financial Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, and an Honorary Doctorate from the Indiana Institute of Technology. He is a registered Professional Engineer.