The Mountains Are Calling

Palmer Luckey is an American inventor, innovator, and entrepreneur. He is the Founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries, designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display, and the Founder of Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2.3b.

Jay has more than 15 years of experience in marketing including advertising, media, brand development, interactive marketing and search engine optimization. Over the years, he has worked with some of the largest and most brand-focused organizations in the world including Target, Toyota, GM, Honda, Staples, CBS and Sony. Jay is currently a Senior Account Executive at Amazon, working in the Amazon Media Group, based in Seattle. Prior to his role at Amazon, he was a partner at 451 Marketing, a national award-winning firm specializing in PR, digital media, search marketing and social media. Early in his career, Jay helped create and launch some of the most dynamic and innovative web ad campaigns seen in the last decade, having the pleasure to work with personalities such as Tiger Woods, Lebron James and Eli Manning. With a unique blend of passion, enthusiasm and creativity, he enjoys working with a wide variety of companies from startups to Fortune 500 and all aspects of helping companies grow. Jay has stayed true to his desire to provide outstanding results for his clients. His goals are to continue to be the person that people know will deliver on his word and be a pleasure to work with. As he puts it, he wants his clients to be “raving fans.”

Shawn Collins is a Republican running for Governor in California.

Shawn is a Navy combat veteran and a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps Reserves. Shawn served seven years in the Navy JAG Corps in addition to a tour of duty in Kandahar City, Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012. While in Afghanistan, he served as an advisor to Security Forces Advisory Team 10 and lived in Kandahar City. He was on the front lines and survived two suicide assassination attempts. Shawn still serves as an active reservist and does pro-bono legal work assisting Vietnam Veterans. As a Navy combat veteran, Shawn has spent his life fighting for what is right.

Born and raised in inner-city Dallas, Shawn grew up in a broken home in a tough community among challenging circumstances. His parents divorced when he was three years old, leading him to live in eight different homes as a child. Shawn did not let his disadvantages define or limit him. He was able to leverage basketball to receive an invaluable education from Rice University. After graduating from Rice, he earned his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Shawn and his wife Zeina have four children and have lived in Orange County for more than 15 years. Zeina is a Lebanese immigrant, and Shawn was by her side when she became an American citizen. Shawn is a rising star in the legal community and has established himself as one of the top attorneys in Orange County. He is active in his community, serving as a board member of the Orange County World Affairs Council. He coaches his children’s basketball and baseball teams and is an avid exercise enthusiast who has completed eight triathlons.

“I love California and know the state is worth fighting for.”

Shawn is the best choice for California. He has seen firsthand the struggles that Californians face everyday, and he knows what it means to have to fight for everything you have. Now, he is ready to take that same spirit to Sacramento and fight just as hard for every Californian.

Blake Resnick is the founder and CEO of BRINC, a fast-growing startup working to build technology in the service of public safety.

Blake has had a knack for science and technology for as long as he can remember. From a young age he developed a habit for taking apart and reassembling household appliances and at the age of 14, Blake built a fusion reactor in his garage.

Blake also started taking college classes at 14 years old. He continued on to Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering, but dropped out to build his startup. After internships at McLaren Automotive, Tesla Motors, and DJI Inc. Blake Resnick founded BRINC in 2017. In 2020, he was awarded a Thiel Fellowship and in 2022 Forbes included him in their 30 Under 30 list.

Joseph Zaki is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Loko AI. He is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence with a specialization in real-time Computer Vision and Autonomous Systems. He has 20 years of Hollywood Blockbuster Visual Effects experience delivering ground-breaking Academy and Emmy award-winning Visual Effects, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality for top Hollywood Studios, Advertising Agencies, Fortune 500 companies and AAA Game Studios. Joseph holds numerous US Patents in Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Synthetic Data and is passionate about creating jobs and career pathways for underserved communities in Orange County, California.

DFNDR Armor develops and manufactures one of a kind lightweight body armor for military and law enforcement. With two generations of family trade secrets, meticulous engineering and proprietary processing technology, we have innovated the lightest weight hard armor systems with the least trauma to the body in the industry, fully manufactured in America and sold throughout the world.

David Fernandez, President and CEO of DFNDR Armor, is an entrepreneur with 20 years experience in composite materials engineering and manufacturing of armor products for the defense industry. From 2006 to 2012, David was the Vice President and Director of R&D at Armacel Armor, a family business founded in 1997 by his parents, which produced high performance rifle protection products for the US Department of Defense (DoD). David was instrumental in doubling company revenue every year from 2006 to 2010 and after securing multi-year production contracts with the US government, David negotiated the sale of Armacel in 2010. David has served as a government appointed industry representative to the National Research Council for the Body Armor Testing and Evaluation Committee where he briefed scientist members of the Study Committee as well as senior government officials at the Pentagon and other various military bases.  David also lobbied for better protective equipment for soldiers including briefing the House Armed Services Committee and other House Members of the benefits of lighter weight armor systems. David structured and produced award-winning proposals resulting in multiple year DoD production contracts and government R&D awards.  In support of those contracts, David co-developed a unique cost effective body armor torso plate, meeting all stringent quality and performance specifications, which led to millions of dollars in cost savings for the US Army.  During his time overseeing production, he served as a professional witness for body armor testing and evaluation, with a 100% success record in Lot Acceptance Testing. In 2013, David founded Engense Inc. dba DFNDR Armor to address further needs for lightweight military and law enforcement armor. David self-funded the company. After 3 years of internal R&D, he presented new technological improvements to the US DoD. This led to two 3 year Government funded research and development contracts from the Army and Special Operations Forces with a total of $4.5M funded. Both programs were very successful and as a result of meeting the lightest weight specifications with Army, David’s company was awarded a $150 million IDIQ contract with the US Army to produce the ESBI Vital Torso Protection Armor. David’s company has been in production on this contract since 2021 and is expecting revenues to triple in 2022. Since 2004, David’s other business passion has been sourcing, renovating and owning commercial buildings throughout Los Angeles County.  David has served as a board member of the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation and contributes to institutions and charities including Pepperdine University, Boys & Girls Club, Blue Heron Foundation, Saving Innocence Foundation and CASA for Children. David earned a degree in Business Management from Pepperdine University in 2007.  David is an avid golf player and an instrument-rated pilot.  David is fluent in Polish and English and has basic knowledge of Spanish.  David resides in Thousand Oaks, California with his wife and daughter.

Dr. Frank I. Luntz is one of the most honored communication professionals in America today.

The “Instant Response” focus group technique pioneered by Dr. Luntz has been profiled on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America (on Election Day), and on PBS’s award-winning Frontline. He has been a guest on virtually every talk show in America, including multiple appearances on The Daily Show and Real Time with Bill Maher, as well as Meet the Press, Nightline, The Today Show, the PBS News Hour, and Face the Nation.

Dr. Luntz was a Debate Night, Election Day and impeachment commentator on Bloomberg, CNBC and the BBC in 2020, CBS in 2016, Fox News in 2008 and 2012, and MSNBC in 2000. His reoccurring segments on MSNBC/CNBC, “100 Days, 1000 Voices” won the coveted Emmy Award in 2001.

Throughout his career, Dr. Luntz has worked for more than fifty Fortune 500 companies and CEOs. However, he is best known for political commentary – more media outlets have turned to him to understand the hopes and fears of Americans than to any other political pollster. He appears regularly on HBO and Fox News, having co-hosted many live primetime specials and dial sessions during the presidential debates. In both 2012 and 2016 elections, Frank was the only non-journalist invited to host a debate of the GOP presidential contenders. He also served as a consultant to the NBC hit show The West Wing.

Dr. Luntz has written, supervised, and conducted more than 2,500 surveys, focus groups, ad tests, and dial sessions in more than two dozen countries on six continents over the past 20 years. His political knowledge and skills are recognized globally, and he has served as an election consultant and commentator in Canada, Britain, Ireland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, Venezuela, and Ukraine.