PERSON: Jeremy Bash

Beacon Global Strategies LLC

Founder & Managing Director

Jeremy B. Bash (born August 13, 1971) is an American lawyer. He was the chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency (2009–2011) and the U.S. Department of Defense (2011–2013) under President Barack Obama. As a senior advisor to Leon Panetta in both roles, Bash worked on a number of key initiatives, including the creation of a new defense strategy, formation of two defense budgets, counterterrorism operations, a new cyber strategy, and a range of sensitive intelligence operations.

Bash is currently a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC, which he founded with partners Philippe Reines and Andrew Shapiro in 2013. Additionally, Bash serves as national security analyst for NBC News and its cable division, MSNBC.

Jeremy Bash was born and raised in Arlington, Virginia to a Conservative Jewish family. Bash graduated in 1989 from the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Bash graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University, where he was editor-in-chief of The Hoya, the school’s student newspaper, in 1989, he was an intern for Senator Chuck Robb. In 1998, Bash received his J.D. degree with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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