Sharon Eshelman

Sharon Eshelman is a strategic planning and stakeholder management professional with two decades of hands-on government service and consulting experience, most of which has been focused on national security policy.  At Lewis-Burke, Sharon serves as a strategic advisor to clients helping to advance their defense, cybersecurity, and homeland security engagement and research priorities.  Sharon joins Lewis-Burke after spending two years as Senior Advisor in the Office of Legislative Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she guided the Department’s response to a myriad of Congressional oversight investigations and served as the primary liaison with Capitol Hill on Intelligence matters. Ms. Eshelman previously served as the National Security Subcommittee Staff Director for the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, overseeing more than 35 investigations into the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security, State, Veterans’ Affairs, Defense, and the Intelligence Community.   

Issue Expertise: Defense and national security, homeland security, immigration, criminal justice, cybersecurity, counterterrorism, congressional oversight. 

Additional Experience:  From 2009 to 2017, Ms. Eshelman worked as a professional project manager, first at Deloitte Consulting and then Sentinel HS Group, where she supported strategy and policy clients within the Homeland, Justice and Treasury Departments.  Prior to becoming a consultant in 2009, Ms. Eshelman served five years with the federal government, assuming various policy and legislative roles in both DHS and the White House.  Throughout her career, she has contributed to a variety of federal initiatives such as: the White House Strategy (and Implementation Plan) for Pandemic Influenza; national disaster and COOP planning; various criminal justice and civil enforcement plans; federal fraud, waste and abuse investigations; victim support initiatives; federal program, planning, budgeting and execution (PPBE) efforts; state and local law enforcement outreach campaigns; government re-organizations and has written pieces included in the President’s Daily Briefing Book.    

Vital Statistics:  Ms. Eshelman received a B.S. in Business Administration from American University in Washington, DC, and a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI, and has completed additional coursework in political science and education.   

Beyond her professional and academic accomplishments, Ms. Eshelman has volunteered with the Anne Arundel County Public School System, Junior Achievement, National Youth Leadership Forum and College Summit organizations, and continues to look for ways to support youth development initiatives in the National Capital Region. 

Sharon is originally from the Greater Philadelphia area and is an avid Eagles, NASCAR and cheesesteak fan.  She enjoys playing golf and frisbee, jogging, swimming, and spending time outside with her husband and three energetic children.