Member News & Event Recaps
Stories and insights from BENS Members and Staff
Event Recap – July 29, 2024
BENS members had a dinner engagement with Sarah Morgenthau, the State Department’s Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs. The office is pivotal in advancing trade, commercial, and economic policies to…
A Public-Private Partnership Approach to a Federal Cyber-Insurance Backstop
When Congress ultimately considers the prospect of establishing a federal insurance backstop for catastrophic cyber-attacks, it should create a public-private partnership modeled on the UK’s Pool Re program that relies…
BENS Adds Fresh Expertise and Leadership to its Board
BENS is excited to announce the election of four new members to its Board of Directors: Nick Cortezi, Raanan Horowitz, Jeremy Hitchcock, and Jim Smith. These distinguished leaders bring a…
BENS Member, Michelle Giuda
At the recent “CHIPS for America: Execute for Global Success” Summit, held at the U.S. Senate, BENS Member Michelle Giuda, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue,…
Event Recap-July 15, 2024
Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, author of China’s Vision of Victory and The Decisive Decade, recently joined BENS Chairman Mark Gerencser for an engaging fireside chat focused on how to revitalize US and allied economic…
BENS member, Liz Martin
BENS member Liz Martin, Director at Amazon Web Services, will feature at The 15th Annual Aspen Security Forum, hosted from July 16-19, 2024. This year’s event will explore innovative new collaborations across government,…
Event Recap – July 1, 2024
On June 25th, BENS hosted General Anthony J. Cotton, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM). General Cotton discussed the monumental task of modernizing the three legs of the U.S. nuclear triad…
BENS Member, Raj Shah
BENS member Raj Shah, Managing Partner at Shield Capital and Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Resilience, along with his co-author Christopher Kirchhoff, Founding Partner of DIUx, recently published a book…
Event Recap- June 24, 2024
For the sixth time since 2008, a group of BENS members visited Lockheed Martin Aero in Fort Worth to tour the F-35 production line and receive briefings on the F-35…