Dan Walsh

Dan Walsh serves as CACI’s Chief of Staff and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Government Relations.

As Chief of Staff, Walsh facilitates decision-making, strategic planning, coordination, and the prioritization of business focus areas across CACI’s executive leadership team. In his role as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Government Relations, he is responsible for the company’s efforts to educate and build support for CACI programs and capabilities on Capitol Hill, as well as overseeing CACI’s industry associations and client executives.

He joined CACI in 2020 as Senior Vice President and Corporate Strategic Advisor, after more than three decades in the Executive Branch and U.S. military. 

Prior to joining CACI, he served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the White House, where he was responsible for managing the overall administrative, technology, security, and military support structure for the President of the United States. He also oversaw the day-to-day management of the White House, the Executive Office of the President, Presidential facilities, and the President’s schedule and travel operations.

Walsh’s previous White House positions include Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Military Office (WHMO), Deputy Director of the WHMO, and Military Aide to both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama.

As Director of WHMO, Walsh was responsible for overseeing all White House military support. As Military Aide to the President, he carried the Presidential Emergency Satchel, which can be used by the President to authorize the use of nuclear weapons from anywhere in the world. With this considerable responsibility, Walsh also coordinated national command authority decisions across the Department of Defense and other government agencies.  
Walsh retired from the U.S. Coast Guard as a captain in 2017, following a distinguished 24-year career. His operational assignments included leadership cadre of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Coast Guard air facility; department head on a Coast Guard cutter; officer in charge of a counter-narcotics