Mr. Beavans received his B.A. from the University of California at Davis. In 1995, George Washington University awarded him both an MBA and a Masters in international affairs. He then spent several years with the U.S. State Department overseeing small and medium business development in Central and Eastern Europe.
Pursuing his passion for justice and his drive for competition, Mr. Beavans returned to law school and graduated cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. While at Thomas Jefferson, He was asked to write an article on corporate privacy rights for the prestigious Thomas Jefferson Law Review Journal. He was president of the award winning Alternative Dispute Resolution competition team, and is a founding member of the TJSL Sailing Club.