Our Team

MICHAEL CHERTOFF

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

CHAD SWEET

Co-Founder and CEO

JASON KAUFMAN

President and M&A Practice Lead

KANAD VIRK

Principal and Head of Private Equity

ADAM ISLES

Principal and Head of Cyber Security Practice

LEE KAIR

Principal and Head of Physical Security, Federal Strategy Practices

Mira Ricardel

Principal and Head of Regulatory Risk Practice

JAYSON AHERN

Principal, Strategic Advisory Services

CHARLES ALLEN

Principal, Strategic Advisory Services

JAY COHEN

Principal, Strategic Advisory Services

MICHAEL HAYDEN

Principal, Strategic Advisory Services

RYAN HOFFMAN

Managing Director, Merchant Banking

BEN JOELSON

Managing Director, Corporate Security Risk Management

DAVID LONDON

Managing Director, Cybersecurity

AARON ROTH

Managing Director, Federal Strategy and Security

Jessica Curyto

Senior Director, Regulatory Risk

CHRIS DUVALL

Senior Director, Cybersecurity

Lisa Gaisford

Senior Director, Federal Strategy

Scott Houston

Senior Director, Physical Security and Federal Strategy

KRISTJAN KORNMAYER

Senior Director, Merchant Banking

VERONICA GILBERT

Director, Finance

MEAGAN HAWKINS

Director, Communications

BRIAN HESS

Director, Strategic Advisory Services

EMILY SICILIANO

Director, Operations

ALAN WEHLER

Director, Regulatory Risk

ABDEL VASQUEZ

System Security Administrator

BROGAN INGSTAD

Senior Associate, Strategic Advisory Services

Brendan North

Senior Associate, Strategic Advisory Services

Lloyd Bramble

Associate, Merchant Banking

Jason Costa

Associate, Merchant Banking

Christian Healion

Associate, Strategic Advisory Services

DUNCAN GOODRICH

Senior Analyst, Merchant Banking

Kirsten Zeller

Senior Analyst, Strategic Advisory Services

Monica Rivero

Analyst, Strategic Advisory Services

KATHERINE BARSNESS

Executive Assistant

Donna Ganoe

Executive Assistant

MEGGIE TRUSTY

Executive Assistant