Business Executives for National Security

Washington, D.C. — Business Executives for National Security (BENS) is pleased to announce the appointment of retired Lieutenant Generals Brian Beaudreault and Laura Potter as Distinguished Senior Fellows. The addition of Beaudreault and Potter – career U.S. Marine Corps and Army officers, respectively – marks the latest step in BENS’s effort to expand the ex...

Perspectives By: Frank Finelli, Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group | Church Hutton, Chief Growth Officer, AV | John Song, Managing Director & Co-Head, Defense & Government Investment Banking, Baird | Eric Reeves, Founder & CEO...

On Tuesday, May 12, Business Executives for National Security presented the Eisenhower Award to Baiju Bhatt, Founder and CEO of Aetherflux (now Cowboy Space Corporation) and Co-Founder of Robinhood and General Stephen N. Whiting, Commander of U.S. Space Command during the award’s 40th anniversary celebration. The longstanding honor recognizes leaders whose commitment reflects...

A BENS delegation traveled to Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska from May 4–8, responding to a request from NORTHCOM Commander General Gregory Guillot to explore how private sector expertise and capital can address critical gaps in infrastructure, energy resilience, and domain awareness across Alaska and the Arctic. Visiting Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the Ted Stevens Cente...

Business Executives for National Security (BENS) brings practitioner perspectives from the business community to the nation’s most pressing security challenges. Through our