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Edward Cash serves at the Director of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Business Development for the Intelligence and Security Sector of BAE Systems Inc. Cash is responsible for coordinating Business Development activities within the Homeland Security, Federal Law Enforcement and State and Local Law Enforcement markets.

Prior to joining BAE Systems, Ed served as a Senior Consultant at SRA International’s Touchstone Consulting Group. In this role, Ed acted as the primary point of contact and Senior Advisor between the Department of Homeland Security and Touchstone Consulting Group.

Prior to joining SRA, Ed was a member of the Administration of U.S President George W. Bush from 2001-2009. From 2005-2009 Ed served at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Director of Local Affairs and  then overall Intergovernmental Affairs, where his principal role was to serve as the Liaison  between all of the Nation’s Governors, Mayors and County Officials. Ed worked with constituents to coordinate DHS's policies on prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery from terrorist incidents and natural disasters. He also worked extensively with national organizations that represent state and local governments, police, fire, and emergency management professionals.

Prior to 2005, Ed served as the Director of Advance Operations to the first Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge. As a founding member of DHS, Ed created and managed the Department’s first ever Office of Advance. Ed established DHS advance policies for all domestic and international events for the Secretary. Ed served as the liaison between the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Coast Guard, and other entities critical to the Secretary’s security, travel and planning.

From 2001-2009 Ed also served as member of the advance teams for President Bush and Vice President Cheney, responsible for successful coordination of White House logistics, press and communications staff, the White House Military Office and the United States Secret Service.

Prior to joining the Federal Government in 2001, Ed worked in various capacities in the Administration of Former Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci.

Ed is the Founder of the Tom Ridge Foundation, a non-profit Homeland Security charitable organization, is the Founder of the Homeland Security Bipartisan Collaboration, a semi-annual event which congregates hundreds of current and former homeland security officials, including Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and former Secretaries of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and Tom Ridge.

Ed is a native of Winthrop, Massachusetts and currently resides in Arlington, Virginia.