Ed Cash is a nationally recognized Homeland Security expert who served as a member of President George W. Bush’s administration. Ed currently serves as the President of Frontier Security Strategies a top Homeland Security and Public Safety consulting firm where he assists clients in all aspects of Security including supporting numerous small- and large-scale events around the country in all aspects of security and logistics. Ed also assists numerous companies in a business development role focusing on the Homeland Security market working with numerous Federal, State and Local Public Safety agencies.

Prior to joining Frontier Security, Ed was the Vice President of Business Development at CRA, Inc where he served as the lead client relationship manager for all DHS, State, Local and Private Sector clients as well as lead for all Business Development functions within CRA.

Prior to joining CRA, Ed served as the Director of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Business Development for the Intelligence and Security Sector of BAE Systems Inc. Ed was responsible for coordinating business development activities within the Homeland Security, Federal Law Enforcement, and State and Local Law Enforcement markets.

Ed’s career in homeland security started during the early days of the Bush administration. Ed served at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where his principal role was to serve as the Liaison between all of the Nation’s Governors, Mayors, County Officials, and State and Local First Responders. Ed worked with constituents to coordinate DHS's policies on prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery from terrorist incidents and natural disasters.

Ed also 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 and 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.

Ed has also served as a 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.

Ed is the Founder of the Homeland Security Bipartisan Collaboration, a semi-annual event which congregates hundreds of current and former homeland security officials including the Secretary of Homeland Security who regularly attends the event.

Ed is a graduate of Salem State University and currently resides in Winthrop, MA