Question: Beacon Global Strategies LLC (BGS) is a Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm founded by Jeremy Bash, Philippe Reines, and Andrew Shapiro in which year?
Context: Beacon Global Strategies LLC (BGS) is a Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm founded by Jeremy Bash, Philippe Reines, and Andrew Shapiro in 2013.  According to the firm's website, Beacon Global Strategies specializes in matters of international policy, foreign affairs, national defense, cyber, intelligence, and homeland security. Philippe I. Reines (born November 25, 1969) is an American political consultant.  He joined the Department of State as a Senior Advisor to Hillary Clinton when she became United States Secretary of State in January 2009, and in 2010 was promoted to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications. Melissa Hathaway (born November 10, 1968) is a leading expert in cyberspace policy and cybersecurity.  She served in two U.S. presidential administrations, spearheading the Cyberspace Policy Review for President Barack Obama and leading the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) for President George W. Bush.  She is President of Hathaway Global Strategies LLC and she is also a Senior Advisor at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, a Senior Fellow and member of the Board of Regents at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada, and a non-resident Research Fellow at the Kosciuszko Institute in Poland. Christopher Joseph LaCivita (born 1966) is an American political consultant, and president of the firm Advancing Strategies LLC.  He was formerly with Crosslink Strategy, a conservative lobbying and political consulting firm founded by former John McCain advisor Terry Nelson.  LaCivita is often mentioned for his role as media advisor to the Swift Boat Veterans, an independent-expenditure group active in the 2004 presidential election. Derek Chollet is Executive Vice President for security and defense policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and author of the book, "The Long Game: How Obama Defied Washington and Redefined America's Role in the World " (Public Affairs, 2016).  He is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy, where he coedits "Shadow Government," and is a regular contributor to Defense One, is also an advisor to Beacon Global Strategies and an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies.  From 2012-2015, Mr. Chollet was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, where he managed U.S. defense policy toward Europe (including NATO), the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere.  In that role, he was a senior advisor to two secretaries of defense, Leon Panetta (July 2011 until February 2013) and Chuck Hagel (until February 2015). Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, political economist, lawyer and former United Nations official, is Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  He is the Founder of Sogato Strategies LLC, an emerging markets risk, strategy and macroeconomic advisory firm, and a Senior Adviser of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).  He is also a Contributory Editor of "Central Banking Journal".  In 2016, Moghalu founded the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation (IGET), a think tank focused on the achievement of inclusive economic growth and effective public policy in developing countries. Michael Joseph Morell (born September 4, 1958) is a former American intelligence analyst.  He served as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency as well as its acting director twice, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013.  Since November 2013, he has been a Senior Counselor to Beacon Global Strategies LLC.  He is a critic of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2014 report on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques, which many consider to be torture, and is also a proponent of the CIA's targeted killings by drones. Adrian Hong is an sociopolitical commentator and human rights advocate based in the US.  He serves as managing director of Pegasus Strategies LLC, an advisory firm for governments, corporations, and NGOs.  His commentary has appeared in the "Christian Science Monitor", "International Herald Tribune", "Los Angeles Times", "New York Times", and the "Washington Post" and on "Fox News". Rede Partners is an independent private equity fundraising advisory firm focused on primary fundraising, secondaries, strategic advisory projects and investor relations advisory.  The firm is based in London with a team of 21 professionals.  Rede Partners was founded in 2011 by Scott Church and Adam Turtle.  Scott's career began at Merrill Lynch where he remained for sixteen years, ending it as a Managing Director within the private equity group (placement).  He moved to Lazard where he was a Managing Director in the private funds group.  Adam's, previously a Director within the investor relations group at private equity firm Actis, began his career with Credit Suisse's private fund placement group. Jessie Paul is a marketing expert, founder and CEO of the marketing advisory firm Paul Writer Strategic Advisory, public speaker and the author of the book "No Money Marketing".  She was formerly Chief Marketing Officer of Wipro IT Business and Global Brand Manager at Infosys Technologies Ltd.  She is also an Independent Director in the Board of Directors with SQS India BFSI Limited, public company listed in both Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) and NSE.
Answer: 2013