Jeremy Bash is the Founder and Managing Director of Beacon Global Strategies LLC, where he advises America’s leading companies in the tech, defense, finance, security, and aerospace sectors.

During the Obama-Biden Administration, he served as Chief of Staff to the Director of the CIA (2009-2011) and as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (2011-2013). Mr. Bash worked on the creation of a new defense strategy, the drawdown of two wars, counterterrorism operations, new cyber strategies, and a range of sensitive intelligence operations. From August 2010 to May 2011, he was a member of the CIA’s senior management team overseeing the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden.

From 2004-2008, Mr. Bash served in a variety of roles on Capitol Hill, including Chief Counsel to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). In 2008, he was a member of the Obama-Biden transition team.

He has received the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the CIA Director’s Award, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, and the Donovan Award from the National Clandestine Service.

In 2022, Mr. Bash was appointed to serve as a Commissioner on the Afghanistan War Commission, the Congressionally created panel to write the history of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan.