Nathan Paukovits

Nathan Paukovits joined The Roosevelt Group in January 2025 as a Senior Advisor. Nathan has over 25 years’ experience working for the United States Navy and supporting the Department of Defense (DoD). Most recently, he served as the Director of Base Operating Support, Real Property Management and Energy for Navy Installations Command where he was responsible for policy, strategy, governance, and business management oversight at 70 installations worldwide. He and his staff oversaw an over $2 billion annual budget and led efforts in long-term planning, resource programming and execution for the Navy’s infrastructure, utility and transportation portfolios to sustain and improve mission readiness.

Prior to this position, Nathan Mr. Paukovits was the Director of Agency Engagement for Energy Systems Group with the responsibility of advising corporate leadership on DoD utilities and energy management policy and legislation and use of Utility Energy Service Contracts, Energy Savings Performance Contracts, Utilities Privatization contracts, and outleases.

Mr. Paukovits retired from the Navy after a 20-year career as a Civil Engineer Corps officer having served in various facility management assignments throughout the world. These positions included Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment; Chief Engineer for U.S. Naval Forces Central Command; Executive Officer of Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering; Contingency Engineer for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIVE and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsula; and various public works roles at Navy installations.

Mr. Paukovits graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and earned a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and a Certified Energy Manager.