type private industry international strategic consulting founded washington dc 2013 2013 headquarters washington dc united states area served worldwide key people michael allen managing director jeremy bash managing director philippe reines managing director andrew shapiro managing director website www.beaconglobalstrategies.com beacon global strategies llc bgs is a washington dc based strategic advisory firm founded by jeremy bash philippe reines and andrew shapiro in 2013 . 1 2 according to the firm s website beacon global strategies specializes in matters of international policy foreign affairs national defense cyber intelligence and homeland security . 3 contents 1 about bgs 2 bgs leadership 3 references 4 external links about bgs edit a september 2013 article in defense news describes beacon global strategies as unique for a washington consulting firm because of its partners intent to eventually return to government . the article noted that part of the confidence in future public service may stem from a combination of significant titles and relative youth paired with the fact that most of the founders of the firm have ties to former secretary of state hillary clinton who may be a presidential favorite heading into the 2016 election if she decides to run . 1 a september 2013 washington post profile of beacon global strategies highlighted the firm s bipartisan make up we want to build bipartisan support for solutions to complex national security problems bash said noting that cooperation between democrats and republicans on these issues has been lacking in recent years . 4 bgs leadership edit beacon s four managing directors served in a variety of government positions prior to founding or joining the firm . michael allen served as majority staff director of the house permanent select committee on intelligence hpsci under chairman mike rogers r mi from 2011 2013 . 5 he previously served in the george w. bush white house . 6 allen is the author of blinking red crisis and compromise in american intelligence after 9 11 potomac books inc. september 2013 . 7 jeremy bash was the only obama administration official to have served as chief of staff in two national security departments or agencies first as chief of staff to the director of the cia 2009 2011 and most recently as chief of staff to the secretary of defense 2011 2013 . 8 9 philippe reines is a long time senior advisor to former secretary of state hillary clinton . from 2009 2013 reines served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for strategic communications and senior communications advisor . 10 reines served from 2002 2009 as senior advisor & press secretary for senator hillary rodham clinton . 11 andrew shapiro is the former and longest serving senate confirmed united states assistant secretary of state for political military affairs 2009 2013 . 12 during the presidential transition of barack obama shapiro was a member of the obama biden department of defense agency review team and during the 2008 presidential election a member of hillary clinton s campaign advising on foreign affairs . references edit a b zach fryer biggs . clinton allies join bush alum to form new consulting group . defense news . retrieved 2013 09 04 . politico playbook 2013 09 04 beacon global strategies llc juliet eilperin 2013 09 03 . former hillary clinton aides form bipartisan consulting firm . the washington post . michael allen . national journal . retrieved 2013 09 03 . 5 staffers to watch on the house intelligence committee . national journal . 2013 06 30 . author details . potomac books . retrieved 2013 10 10 . bumiller elizabeth 2011 07 01 . change but not too much at the top of the pentagon . the new york times . retrieved 2011 07 10 . stein jeff 2009 03 03 . cia has a bash jeremy bash . huffington post . philippe reines bio . beaconglobalstrategies.com . retrieved 2013 09 04 . robin finn july 15 2005 . speaking and sweating for the senator . the new york times . andrew shapiro u.s. assistant secretary of state political and military affairs . defense news . 2013 01 23 . external links edit official website sirota david ; asher schapiro avi september 14 2016 . state department delays records request about clinton linked firm until after the 2016 election . international business times . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title beacon global strategies & oldid 739498526 categories companies established in 2013privately held companies based in washington d.c. navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 01 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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