Max Fose

Max Fose is the Executive Director of RIESTER Integrated Web Strategy.

Fose's work has been nationally recognized by news publications such as U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Industry Standard, Interactive Week, The Washington Post and Forbes ASAP.  He was also named to the list of 25 Internet professionals who are changing the world of politics by Politics Online, Harvard University, and the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). In addition, the AAPC recognized his work by awarding him the top Pollie Awards for "Best Overall Internet Campaign" and "Special Award: Best Use of the Internet."
 
Fose has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, C-Span, ABCNEWS.com, Newshour with Jim Lehrer and several international news stations regarding the Internet and politics.  He also frequently speaks on the subject before groups such as the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Hitachi Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.

Fose sat for two years as an Expert Panelist for the Congress Online Project that studied and recommended best practices to the United States Congress.  He also co-authored The Internet and Campaigns: Interactively Empowering Citizens for the Chicago Policy Review and served as a Practitioner in Residence at the Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet at George Washington University.

In May of 2007, Integrated Web Strategy, the successful interactive agency Fose owned for eight years partnered with RIESTER to form RIESTER Integrated Web Strategy.

Max Fose is a Board Member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Latino Art Project.  He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Bettina Nava

Bettina Nava is a key member of the public affairs firm Hamilton, Davis, Gullett & Roman in Phoenix.

Before joining HGD&R Bettina Nava served as State Director for Arizona's Senior Senator John McCain for nearly 3 years. In addition to directing Senator McCain's three state offices, Bettina was also employed by McCain during his 2000 Presidential bid to enhance his coalition building efforts and outreach activities. Prior to this experience, Bettina worked for Governor Fife Symington as his Director of Community Relations and Director of Boards and Commissions for the State.

In addition to her work at HGD&R, Nava is currently serving as the Director of Finance in Arizona for Senator John McCain’s 2008 Presidential campaign.

A graduate of the University of Arizona, Bettina has an extensive background in political and community strategic planning with an emphasis on coalition building and statewide campaigns.

Bettina resides in Phoenix with her husband and their three beautiful children.

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Martin Moreno

Martin Moreno was born in Adrian Michigan in 1950, where he grew up speaking Spanish at home and English in school.  His parents were hard working people working in the fields and in the foundries.  He credits these experiences with providing much of the subject matter which he depicts in his artwork.  “My earliest memories of color and rhyme are those of the fields, sitting in the back of a pickup truck watching rows upon rows of corn and tomatoes form a visual pattern of rhythm.  Listening to the realities of superstition told by the elders, stories of the Llorona (crier), the Earth, and stories of my glorious past.”  All of these images come to life in his sculpture, murals, paintings and mosaics.  But the beauty is not the only thing Mr. Moreno paints.

In the 30 plus years that he has been creating Art; his mission has been to enlighten the public by depicting not only the beauty of mankind but also those areas that are frequently hidden away.  “I don’t always do pretty art, I believe it is the artist right, even duty, to point fingers and depict the seamier side of humanity when needed.”  Some of the murals he creates, while at first glance look beautiful and carefree, are often, when looked at with a closer eye, full of images that make up our reality in the 21st century.  Images of our young people giving up their lives to drugs, alcohol, and other abuses are sometimes depicted amongst the aloe vera plants that provide us with healing powers.  Political statements are made in his monoprints, which spur conversation, heated or otherwise. 

Mr. Moreno states he will continue to produce both types of art, but his favorite by far are those pieces that make people think, make them wonder about past decisions, and make them hope for a better future.

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