BEAM TEAM

THE PRINCIPALS OF BEAM, INC.

Meredith and Dan Beam believe a beautiful business life begins with love…love of work, clients, team, friends, family and one another. Together they have infused that love into their San Francisco based international consulting firm, BEAM, Inc., where for 35 years they have worked with over 150 of the most iconic brands, innovative businesses, cities, universities and non-profit organizations around the world.

Leaving their senior executives positions when in their mid-thirties, Dan and Meredith created their consulting firm to support people, communities and organizations to “Realize their dreams” and create positive impact in the world. They are dedicated to creating value and enriching life for their clients, customers and the world they impact. They make this possibility a reality by engaging their clients in status quo challenging transformation driven by Strategy, Brand and Culture innovations.

Clients often remark on their unique ability to always discover disruptive insights and develop the unexpected solutions that deliver dramatically positive results in performance. They do this by bringing out the creativity and inherent power of people to discover and release the opportunities hidden in their challenges. They co-create with their clients to envision a life-enriching future that leads to the creation of enterprise transforming strategies and new business and brand approaches that prepare the organization for big-leap, New Era success.

DAN AND MEREDITH…Business and Life Partners:

Dan and Meredith live in Anchor Bay, a village on the beautiful redwood coast of Northern California, while maintaining their company office in San Francisco.

Dan is an award-winning artist, a poet, writer, skier, scuba diver, and notorious writer of ridiculous skits for the Dragons Breath Theater, which is a local theater venue he helped his best friend build. Dan had been a President, COO, Strategist and Brand Builder in several companies prior to joining Meredith in BEAM, Inc.

Meredith participates in all of the sports and experiences Dan does and is a poet, storyteller and watercolorist who paints under the name Maria Theresa Flambe’ Nacho. Meredith founded BEAM, Inc. after serving as a senior vice president of Human Resources and Organizational development in four major corporations.

DREW BEAM, Partner

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Drew combines his deep branding history with a dash of artistic wonder to bring your visions to life. With over 12 years in top branding and innovation firms, his outputs are truly multimedia, from billboards, fine art, and videos, to amusement park rides and sneakers, all based on a profound understanding of today’s marketplace of products and ideas. But what he really loves to do is tell stories. By applying his unique approach to “method branding” he lives, eats and breathes your brand to help create breakthroughs in how you tell your story so others will not only listen but participate, and ask for more. In addition to partnering on many game-changing branding engagements, he creates complex and rich illustrations, designs interactive games, thought-provoking business cards/collateral and art directs everything from videos to musical soundtracks. After getting his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, this San Francisco native enjoys being in the foggy landscape that helped shape him. 

GAIL HORVATH, Communications Consultant

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Drawing on the wisdom of her 28 years of business ownership experience, Gail brings her creative, intuitive and practical organizational skills to the BEAM team. Gail and her husband, Elliot Hoffman co-founded Just Desserts Bakery in their home kitchen in 1974. She understands from direct experience the enduring value of a strong brand that is true, distinct and compelling.

Gail appreciates times of chaos and change as opportunity for positive transformation and growth. She comprehends and enjoys complexity, employs focused listening skills and asks incisive and thoughtful questions that often challenge others to explore new perspectives. Along with communication, chart design and project management expertise, she is also a creative photographic artist, lover of beauty and student of indigenous cultures.

STEPHANIE WEBB, Business Development Manager

From managing financial portfolios to team projects, Stephanie’s communication and organizational skills, combined with her passion for growth foster rewarding collaboration. She thrives as a support system in uncertain times. Her adaptable and resourceful nature helped transform financial portfolios after a devastating market crash in 2008. Building synergistic relationships while navigating through times of turbulence and high change are her strengths. 

As part of an innovative team creating big change in organizations and communities, she adds value by applying her strengths in: sales and marketing; team and business building; research, and project management to co-create transformational growth in brand, strategy and culture.

Stephanie started her career path with JPMorgan Chase Bank. She gained a vast array of knowledge in mortgage lending, retail banking services and products, retirement planning and business and investment solutions. As a Small Business Specialist, she developed and deepened relationships with business owners, creatively crafting unique solutions tailored to meet their individual financial needs. 

Achievements: 

  • Obtained FINRA Series 6, 63 and California Life Insurance licenses. 

  • Recognized for: top sales in lending; top sales in business banking products; highest investment referrals; awards in training & development.

Stephanie also worked remotely as a legal scopist, preparing and delivering final transcripts for civil court proceedings. Not only did this experience enable her to gain knowledge in legal and medical terminology, proofreading and editing services, it also shaped her to develop risk strategies from a legal perspective.