PSC hires former Trump official Carroll as its new leader

The Professional Services Council, one of the main trade associations representing government contractors to the executive and legislative branches, has hired former White House official Jim Carroll as its next chief executive.

PSC said Friday that Carroll will start there on May 19 and succeed David Berteau, who has led the 400-member company association as CEO for the past nine years.

From 2018 to 2021, Carroll served as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy amid a period where the first Trump administration pushed to address the opioid crisis.

The U.S. recorded its first year-over-year decrease in overdose deaths in three decades during his tenure at OCDNP, which coordinates a $35 billion annual budget across 16 agencies.

Since leaving that position, Carroll has worked as a partner at the law firm Frost Brown Todd focused on government enforcement and compliance matters.

Carroll also served in several roles during George W. Bush administration that include principal deputy chief of staff, deputy White House counsel and general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget.

His private sector career includes a decade at Ford, where he worked as Washington counsel and global director of compliance.

Berteau has led PSC since March 2016 and before that served as assistant defense secretary for logistics and material readiness in the Obama administration. He is also a former senior vice president with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as well as a former SVP from Science Applications International Corp.