Our Team

Beacon leverages the diverse background of its team of experts who have decades of experience spanning the public and private sectors.

Michael Allen

Managing Director and Partner

Jeremy Bash

Managing Director and Partner

Andrew Shapiro

Managing Director and Partner

Kristin White

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

Matt Sysak

Chief Financial Officer

Lauren Bedula

Managing Director

Andrew Hire

Managing Director

Barry King

Managing Director

Josh Kirshner

Managing Director

Klon Kitchen

Managing Director

Erik Raven

Managing Director

Eric Sayers

Managing Director

Michael Morell

Senior Counselor

Leon Panetta

Senior Counselor

Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Ashley Barry

Vice President of Operations and Chief of Staff

Kari Bingen

Senior Advisor

Andy Boyd

Senior Advisor

Ian Byrne

Associate Vice President

James Colligan

Associate Vice President

Robert Cardillo

Senior Advisor

Michael Carlozzi

Vice President

Cade Carter

Associate

Alicia Chavy

Associate Vice President

Jon Darby

Senior Advisor

Dana Deasy

Senior Advisor

Eric Edelman

Senior Advisor

Sarah Eiland

Business Development Associate

Brandon Eldridge

Senior Contracts Manager

Sam Everette

Associate

Michael Ferguson

Associate

Kaitlyn Garman

Vice President

Glenn Gerstell

Senior Advisor

Sacha Gilles

Associate

Bonnie Glaser

Senior Advisor

Jonathan Green

Associate Vice President

Lieutenant General Michael S. Groen (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Julie Grundman

Senior Vice President

Peter Hall

Senior Vice President

Anna Hardage

Associate

ADM. Harry Harris (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Meghan Harris

Senior Vice President

Sally Hayes

Senior Business Development Associate

Emma Hemingway

Senior Associate

Alicia Hernandez

Senior Accountant

Karen Hunter

Controller

Jamil Jaffer

Advisor

Sec. Deborah Lee James

Senior Advisor

Lt. Gen. VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Gray Johnson

Senior Associate

Dr. Seth Jones

Senior Advisor

Maura Joul

Associate

Rob Joyce

Senior Advisor

Ivan Kanapathy

Senior Vice President

Dr. Divyansh Kaushik

Vice President

Suzette Kent

Senior Advisor

Paul Kilbride

Vice President

Ann E. Kowalewski

Associate Vice President

Alexandra Krutel

Associate

R. Cara Labrador

Senior Associate

Marc Lampkin

Senior Advisor

Louis Lauter

Senior Vice President

Christina Lee

Senior Associate

Kimberly Lehn

Senior Advisor

Andrew Makridis

Senior Advisor

Sandra Marcushamer

Associate

Kaly McKenna

Vice President

Whitney McNamara

Vice President

Angela McPhaul

Office Coordinator

Patrick Michaels

Associate

Elissa Miller

Associate Vice President

Chris Murphy

Associate

Brian Nilsson

Senior Advisor

Dr. Michael Osterholm

Senior Advisor

Tommy Panetti

Business Development Associate

Caroline Preston

Associate

Diane Rinaldo

Senior Advisor

Kelsey Ritchie Frierson

Associate

Lindsay Rochholz

Senior Associate

Brooke Schaffer

Associate

Ben Schramm

Vice President

David Shedd

Senior Advisor

Merritt Simon

Associate Vice President

Jason Spizer

Associate

Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Priya Swyden

Associate

Frances Townsend

Senior Advisor

Michael Vickers

Senior Advisor

Adam Volman

Associate

Adm. TJ White (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

General Stephen “Seve” Wilson (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Adm. Sandy Winnefeld (Ret.)

Senior Advisor