Philip Coyle

Philip E. Coyle III was nominated as Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, Office of Science and Technology Policy on 27 October 2009. He has been Senior Advisor to the President of the World Security Institute, and to its Center for Defense Information.

In 2005 and 2006, Coyle served on the nine-member Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC), appointed by President George W. Bush and nominated by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Coyle served on Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger's Base Support and Retention Council.

Previously, he was the longest-serving Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (1994-2001) in the Department of Defense

From 1959 to 1979, and again from 1981 to 1993, Mr. Coyle worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, California. Over those 33 years Mr. Coyle worked on a variety of nuclear weapons programs and other high technology programs. Mr. Coyle also served as Deputy Associate Director of the Laser Program at LLNL. Mr. Coyle retired from the Laboratory in 1993 as Laboratory Associate Director and deputy to the Director. In recognition of his years of service to the Laboratory and to the University of California, the University named Mr. Coyle Laboratory Associate Director Emeritus.

During the Carter Administration, Mr. Coyle served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), with responsibility for nuclear weapons production and testing, as well as arms control, nonproliferation, and nuclear safeguards.