Prior to joining Beacon, Ms. Carney served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Bureau of Industry and Security’s International Policy Office at the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this role, she led interagency efforts to develop and align U.S. technology and export control policies on semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and other advanced technologies. She provided strategic guidance to senior leadership on foreign adversarial influence in global supply chains, coordinated multilateral engagements to strengthen international regulatory cooperation, and delivered analyses shaping high-level trade and technology security decisions.
Previously, Ms. Carney held leadership positions within the Bureau of Industry and Security where she managed teams conducting risk assessments on foreign technology end-users, developed regulatory frameworks for dual-use goods, and facilitated compliance cooperation with allies and U.S. embassies worldwide. Earlier in her career, she contributed to export enforcement initiatives to enhance U.S. technology safeguards and improve industry compliance with trade regulations.
Ms. Carney holds a Master of Business Administration in International Business and a Master of Arts in Security Policy Studies from The George Washington University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Anthropology from the State University of New York at Albany.