About Us

President/CEO - George Beasley

COO - Alan Cohen

Alan has over 35 years of management experience in the public and private sectors. In the public sector he served as Assistant County Administrator of Broward County, FL, City Manager of Sunrise, FL, City Manager of Sunny Isles Beach, FL, and Mayor of the City of Ithaca, NY. During his tenure in these roles, he oversaw public safety operations (police, fire, and emergency management services) and worked with his police and fire chiefs to develop and implement several new initiatives. Alan also served for many years as an NFPA-certified interior firefighter.

In the private sector, Alan provided executive-level transitional management services and management consulting on strategy, business and organizational development, and communications for a diverse client base including Fortune 500 companies, tech start-ups and public sector entities. Previously he founded/managed a restaurant and was also involved in real estate management.

Alan is responsible for overseeing the administrative side of the VSC business, including business development and implementation, marketing/communications, cybersecurity, compliance, and labor relations.

Alan received a Bachelor of Science, Business Management from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration, Strategy from the HEC School of Management in Paris. 

CFO – Natacha St. Louis

Natacha has over twenty (20) years of experience in business and economic development. She got her start at American Express, working first in account management before being promoted to the Executive Office. 

Natacha worked in the public sector as a Business Outreach Coordinator for the City of Sunrise, FL, and as a Small Business Development Specialist for the Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development, providing one on one technical assistance training to local small businesses with a focus on how to do business with local and federal government. She also worked as a Senior Consultant with the Broward County School District coordinating activities focused on recruitment to increase small, minority and women-owned owned participation in the school district’s procurement activities.

Natacha has worked for many years as a Test Improvement Testing Specialist for Intuit/Turbo Tax and serves as a Tax Expert during income tax season. She also runs her own consultancy, providing bookkeeping and tax strategy and preparation services to her clients. In this role she has helped many clients lower their tax liabilities leveraging sound advice and when needed negotiation and resolution services with the IRS.

Natacha is responsible for overseeing company accounts, finances, financial compliance, and procurement.

Natacha graduated from Nova Southeastern University with both a Bachelor of Science, Professional Management, and a Master of Science, Taxation and Business. She has a Certification in Data Analytics from the Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, an Economic Development Certification from University of South Florida, and a Certified Compliance Administrator (CCA) Certification from Morgan State University. She is an accredited small business consultant and an enrolled agent with the Internal Revenue Service.

Donnie has over 40 years of experience in the security industry. On the public side, he served as a military policeman (MP) in the US Air Force and as an officer and commander for the Chicago Housing Authority Police Department, including as Commander for Internal Affairs. On the private side, he ran his own security firm after working for the Pinkerton, Wackenhut, and Allied Security companies in a variety of management positions. 

Donnie is responsible for a portfolio of assigned client sites to ensure that required measures are met. He oversees staff training and development, and he is responsible for the financial accuracy of reports related to billing and employee pay rates. He develops technical documentation regarding the deployment, configuration, and management of assigned security personnel, and works with site supervisors to improve security policies, standards, and practices. 

Donnie graduated from Kings College in Charlotte, NC with a Bachelors in Criminal Justice, and received an honorable discharge from the USAF.

Nadine has, over the past 40 years, had a distinguished and diverse career. Internationally she has worked as a Technical Consultant on Cultural Politics in Haiti, and as a Technical Consultant on Economic Development in West Africa for the countries of Gambia and Ivory Coast. She is a certified project manager who has supervised a youth employment program, and she served as a trainer and educator in the public and private sectors.



For many years Nadine owned a business that provided technical and conflict resolution strategies for high-level governmental officials, private sector stakeholders, not for profit businesses and multi-disciplinary teams of professionals, and implemented technical strategies to local business, governmental agencies, and conducted workshops to inspire job growth development and community leadership. One of her first jobs was working for U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles.

Nadine serves as a conflict resolution consultant for VSC and spearheads our community relations efforts. She ensures that VSC has a good image in the community, and that it is able to recruit from a diverse cross-section of the community. Nadine has spent her entire life volunteering in her local community and has served on the boards of a variety of agencies focused on such areas as community and economic development, local government, and transportation. She has a history of producing multi-disciplinary community building solutions by leveraging her knowledge and skills in conflict analysis and resolution, business development solutions, public policy formulation and implementation, and economic capacity building.

Dr. Hankerson graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts, Public Affairs/Economics, and from Clark Atlantic University with a Master of Arts, Quantitative Economics. She received her Doctorate of Philosophy, Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University.

Nestor has over forty-two (42) years of security experience. He worked for twenty (20) years with the New York City Transit Police Department and fifteen (15) years with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He has also managed security operations for the Broward County School District and American Airlines. Nestor is primarily responsible for recruiting and managing personnel for emergency deployments (e.g. FEMA, FL DEM).



Nestor has a Bachelor of Science, Police Science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He has undergone specialized trainings in Criminal Investigations, Active Shooter, Emergency Management, Airport Security and Cargo Inspections, and International Security Assessments. He also pursued Paralegal Studies at Broward College and is certified in Conflict Management and Mediations.