Deborah Rosenblum

Senior Advisor

Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, and Former Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Deborah Rosenblum has spent over 35 years working in the national security and defense field.  Most recently, she served, from 2021 to 2025, as the Senate confirmed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs as well as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.  In these roles she was responsible for all matters pertaining to acquisition; contract administration; logistics and materiel readiness; installations and environment; operational energy; chemical, biological and nuclear defense; as well as the defense industrial base.

From 2009 through 2021, she served as Executive Vice President at The Nuclear Threat Initiative, a global nonprofit focused on reducing catastrophic risks.

She also advised corporate clients as a Vice President at The Cohen Group, a global consulting firm, on business opportunities in the defense and homeland security markets.

She was educated at Middlebury College as well as Columbia University.