Gregory Balestrero

Gregory Balestrero (born July 16, 1947 in New York City) is an American industrial engineer, and CEO Emeritus of the Project Management Institute. He has a record of overseeing administrative, financial and internal affairs for professional associations.

Gregory Balestrero is the son of Christopher Emmanuel and Rose (Giolito) Balestrero. The story of his father's arrest in a case of mistaken identity formed the subject of a book by Maxwell Anderson and of Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 movie The Wrong Man. Christopher Balestrero was wrongly arrested of robbery, had a criminal trial, and was eventually exonerated. The stress and financial burden on Christopher Balestrero's family were the basis of a civil case against Prudential Insurance Company. Mary Maddocks, a friend of the family, offered support to the Balestrero's during the ordeal.

In 1970 Gergory Balestrero earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 1994 to 2002, he served as executive director of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), an organization for construction professionals in non-residential building construction, based in Alexandria, Virginia USA. He previously held the position of executive director at the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), headquartered in Norcross, GA, where he has been serving as acting executive director since 1987. Between 2002 and 2010 he was President and CEO of the Project Management Institute.

Balestrero served as the 2003-2004 Board Chairman of the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE) and an active member and former president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE). Balestrero also is a member of the Committee of 100, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is a current member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), where he serves on the Board of Directors for ASAE’s Center for Association Leadership (CAL); the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE); and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

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