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

Leyla Becker

Chief Human Resources Officer

Matt Sysak

Chief Financial Officer

Lauren Bedula

Managing Director

Andrew Hire

Managing Director

Josh Kirshner

Managing Director

Klon Kitchen

Managing Director

Eric Sayers

Managing Director

Michael Morell

Senior Counselor

Leon Panetta

Senior Counselor

Yaw Agipong

Associate

Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Ashley Barry

Chief of Staff and Director of Communications

Dalton Barthauer

Associate

Kari Bingen

Senior Advisor

Tom Bossert

Senior Advisor

Andy Boyd

Senior Advisor

Elizabeth Bujwid

Associate

Ian Byrne

Associate Vice President

James Colligan

Associate Vice President

Robert Cardillo

Senior Advisor

Alicia Chavy

Associate Vice President

Carter Clelland

Associate

Jon Darby

Senior Advisor

Dana Deasy

Senior Advisor

Eric Edelman

Senior Advisor

Sarah Eiland

Business Development Associate

Brandon Eldridge

Contracts Manager

Kaitlyn Garman

Vice President

Glenn Gerstell

Senior Advisor

Bonnie Glaser

Senior Advisor

Lieutenant General Michael S. Groen (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Julie Grundman

Vice President

Liz Hampton

Vice President

Sally Hayes

Senior Business Development Associate

Emma Hemingway

Associate

Karen Hunter

Controller

Jamil Jaffer

Advisor

Sec. Deborah Lee James

Senior Advisor

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

Senior Advisor

Gray Johnson

Senior Associate

Ivan Kanapathy

Vice President

Suzette Kent

Senior Advisor

Paul Kilbride

Vice President

Barry King

Senior Vice President

Cassia King

Associate

Hans Kuppers

Associate

R. Cara Labrador

Senior Associate

Marc Lampkin

Senior Advisor

Louis Lauter

Vice President

Richard H. Ledgett Jr.

Senior Advisor

Christina Lee

Associate

Kimberly Lehn

Vice President

Andrew Makridis

Senior Advisor

Whitney McNamara

Vice President

Angela McPhaul

Office Coordinator

Patrick Michaels

Associate

Pete Modigliani

Vice President

Brian Nilsson

Senior Advisor

Dr. Michael Osterholm

Senior Advisor

Tommy Panetti

Business Development Associate

Caroline Preston

Associate

Adam Richwine

Senior Associate

Diane Rinaldo

Senior Advisor

Lindsay Rochholz

Senior Associate

Sofia Rubin

Associate

David Shedd

Senior Advisor

Merritt Simon

Associate Vice President

Jason Spizer

Associate

Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Rose Stevens

Executive Assistant

Kassandra Taira

Associate

Frances Townsend

Senior Advisor

Michael Vickers

Senior Advisor

Adm. TJ White (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

General Stephen “Steve” Wilson (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Adm. Sandy Winnefeld (Ret.)

Senior Advisor

Doug Wolfe

Senior Advisor