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Peter D. Bertelsen
Senior Lecturer
Defense Resources Management Institute
M.B.A., International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management, 2001
pdbertel@nps.edu
(831) 656-3827

Peter D. Bertelsen is a senior lecturer for the Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI). The DRMI is a Department of Defense sponsored education component of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)’s Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), located at the Naval Support Activity Monterey (NSAM) in Monterey, California. He earned a B.A. in history from the University of California at San Diego (1992) and an M.B.A. in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (2001). He joined the DRMI faculty as a lecturer of management in October 2013. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he serves as the DRMI’s international programs and funds manager. Previously, he served as an education associate and a program manager (contractor) in the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Program Office for the U.S. Partnership for Peace Training and Education Center (USPTC) and the Global Public Policy Academic Group where he developed and managed security cooperation programs (workshops and short courses) engaging NPS faculty to address U.S. Combatant Command (COCOM) objectives in partner countries. He has taught in partner capacity building, defense institution building, and defense resources management programs in more than 17 partner nations. Prior to government service, he spent more than 18 years in program management roles, most recently with a regional economic development corporation in southwestern Montana, where he worked with federal, state, and local governments in managing multi-million-dollar community development revolving loan funds and a management consulting program focused on assisting high growth potential organizations with planning and strategy development. Having lived in both Spain and Denmark, he is conversant in Spanish and Danish. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 2021.

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