David Weeks
President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Lakeside
Executive Leadership Team
David Weeks has 20 years of military and intelligence service experience in building and leading operations on a global scale and managing mission-driven teams on behalf of U.S. national security. At Lakeside, he manages and enhances both internal and external operations and communications across the portfolio, with a focus on streamlining efficiency and delivering cross-entity value.
He began his career as an enlisted U.S. Navy SEAL and progressed to Paramilitary Operations Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency and held several senior leadership positions at CIA headquarters in the Directorate of Operations Special Activities Center SAC.
David has a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently enrolled in an executive leadership program at Wharton | University of Pennsylvania.