Tysons Corner, Virginia – July 24, 2026 – growth[period], a strategic advisory firm serving public- and private-sector clients at moments of growth, complexity, and transformation, today announced that Candice Foley has joined the firm as a Strategic Client Advisor.
From 2007 to 2025, Ms. Foley served as a Special Agent for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), where she was a recognized expert in strategic technology transfer investigations, weapons of mass destruction proliferation networks, U.S. export laws and regulations, and international money laundering, with a practice concentration in violations of the Arms Export Control Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and the Export Control Reform Act.
In her role as Strategic Client Advisor, Ms. Foley will support growth[period] clients navigating export control compliance, national security, and international regulatory challenges, drawing on her extensive experience advising government and private sector leaders on border security operations, strategic technology interdiction, and counterproliferation measures.
During her tenure at HSI, she led multi-agency international strategic operations targeting illicit supply chains of autonomous weapon systems utilized against U.S. forces and allies, ultimately disrupting adversary procurement of more than 300,000 weapon components. She served as HSI New England’s liaison to the Central Intelligence Agency and as HSI’s appointed representative to the U.S. Department of Justice Strategic Technology Strike Force, and is a two-time recipient of the HSI Executive Director Award for Outstanding Investigative Accomplishment and Emergency Management and the World Customs Organization International Customs Award.
About growth[period]
For more than 19 years, growth[period]’s management consulting, business development, global risk, strategy and transaction advisory services have focused on helping companies in highly regulated industries achieve their growth goals. We are nationally recognized as a leading provider to growing and established firms seeking assistance to complete sophisticated corporate and technology transactions; manage entry into the federal government contracting industry; assist with navigating the federal marketplace; represent them in partnering agreements; and advise them on diligence matters. With deep roots globally, growth[period] has more than 90 experts and offices in multiple markets across the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit www.growthprd.com.
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