David L. Musgrave is a Senior Fellow with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).  

A retired member of the Department of Defense (DoD) Senior Executive Service (SES) and a retired US Army Colonel, he brings over 40 years of experience in executive leadership, national security strategy, international relations, defense industrial base manufacturing, and critical infrastructure security. 

Musgrave is the President of Musgrave Consulting, LLC, and serves on the board of Armed Forces Insurance Exchange. Previously, as Director of the On-Site Inspection and Building Capacity Directorate at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), he led US arms control initiatives under multiple treaties, including the bilateral nuclear arms control treaty with Russia. He also managed international security cooperation programs across five geographic combatant commands and championed talent development and diversity initiatives. 

In the military, Musgrave served as Chief of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Department for the Joint Chiefs of Staff (J5), Commanding Officer of Pine Bluff Arsenal and the Bluegrass Chemical Activity, and Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General of US Forces - Iraq during Operation New Dawn. 

He holds an MS from the Eisenhower School at the National Defense University, an MA from the Naval War College, and a BS from Middle Tennessee State University. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executives in National and International Security program. His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, and numerous other decorations.