Jeremy Bash | |
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Nationality | United States |
Education |
Georgetown University (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
Known for | Chief of Staff U.S. Department of Defense Chief of Staff Central Intelligence Agency |
Home town | Arlington, Virginia |
Spouse(s) | Dana Bash (divorced) |
Jeremy B. Bash was the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Defense (2011-13) and the Central Intelligence Agency (2009-11). 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 senior national security analyst for NBC News and its cable division, MSNBC.
Born to an Conservative Jewish family and raised in Arlington, Virginia, Bash graduated from the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School before attending Georgetown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, served as the Editor-in-Chief of the student newspaper, The Hoya, and graduated magna cum laude. In 1998, Bash graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Following his graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. Bash was admitted to the bars of Virginia, Maryland, DC, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.