Using communication to build business, protect reputation, enhance value.
Beacon Advisors is a strategic corporate communications consulting organization. We offer value-enhancing counsel in public relations, investor relations, crisis and media management, events and market positioning. The firm guarantees service exclusively from its network of senior level counselors. Clients include public and private corporations, not-for-profit organizations and academic institutions.
The firm's partners are located in New York, Los Angeles-San Diego, Chicago, Orlando and Washington, DC.
Our Locations:
New York
Ralph Allen, Managing Partner
6 Ashwood Road
South Salem, NY 10590
(914) 763-9388
(914) 462-2339 cell
(914) 763-6639 fax
ralph@beaconadvisors.us
Los Angeles-San Diego
Jim Hurley, Managing Partner
6390 La Valle Plateada
P. O. Box 7091
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-7091
(858) 756-3123
(213) 500-7440 cell
(858) 756-3118 fax
jim@beaconadvisors.us
Chicago
Hud Englehart, Managing Partner
712 West Schubert Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60614
773-281-1100
312-860-0106 cell
773-281-2100 fax
hud@beaconadvisors.us
Janet Bergman, Partner585 Sunset Ridge Road
Northfield, IL 60093
(847) 446-2866
(312) 622-3510 cell
(847) 446-2887 fax
janet@beaconadvisors.us
Orlando
Jim Ryan, Partner
2823 Northampton Ave
Orlando, FL 32828
(407) 384-8173
(407) 803-2990 cell
jimryan@beaconadvisors.us
Washington, DC
Lou Thompson, Partner
11539 Spicers Mill Road
Orange, VA 22960
(540) 672-1136
(540) 717-3292 cell
lou@beaconadvisors.us
The Beacon Advisors Advantage
- We know our way around C-suites and board rooms—we have worked closely with top management and with boards of directors.
- Our counsel is channel-neutral. The only axe we have to grind is an outcome that is aligned with your objectives.
- Our partners are themselves former C-suite executives who offer their counsel at affordable rates.
- Beacon clients are served only by Beacon partners—for the entire engagement. No hand offs to junior associates.

