About

The Firm

Graymont Partners is a strategic risk advisory firm serving U.S. and allied-market businesses, government contractors, and investors.

We advise leaders on the matters where national security and commercial consequence meet — a market turning political, a counterparty that doesn't add up, a risk inside the organization that no framework was built to catch. The work is delivered as written assessment: independent, judgment-led, and tied to the decision in front of you.

Our clients value discretion above all, and the firm is built for it. Engagements are limited in number, led directly by the principals, and held in confidence from the first conversation. We do not disclose who we work for. We take on work only where we are confident we can provide value.

Graymont provides independent strategic assessment. It does not offer legal advice, compliance certification, lobbying, or technical execution services.

The Principals

Michelle Watson

Co-Founder & Chief Security Officer

Geopolitical Risk, Cyber Intelligence & Corporate Statecraft

Senior advisor in geopolitical risk and cyber intelligence with over three decades of experience at the intersection of national security and enterprise decision-making.

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Chandler Jernigan

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Geopolitical Risk, Strategic Analysis & Commercial Exposure

Strategic risk analyst focused on how economic influence, geopolitical pressure, and human threat translate into commercial consequence — bringing an operational read to the decisions leaders can't afford to get wrong.

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Advisors

S. John Tsagronis

Senior Advisor

Statecraft, National Security Strategy & Irregular Warfare

Professor of Statecraft and National Security Affairs at The Institute of World Politics and former Senior Director on the National Security Council staff, with senior roles spanning U.S. Special Operations Command, SAIC, and SRA International — and thirty-five years of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism work across nearly eighty countries.

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Lloyd “Cy” Jary

Senior Advisor & Board Member

Federal Contracting, Program Delivery & Real Assets

Owner and President of Con-Cor Inc., a San Antonio commercial construction firm, with more than four decades of construction management across government and commercial sectors — including Department of Defense SABER and JOC programs at installations from the Pentagon and Andrews Air Force Base to the U.S. Naval Academy — and co-founder of CSJ Motorsports, McLaren Automotive's GT customer support provider in North America.

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