Founder and President, Trevino Strategies and Media, Inc.
Sacramento, California Area
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- President at Trevino Strategies and Media, Inc.
- Past
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- Vice President for Public Policy at Pacific Research Institute
- Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
- International Communications Coordinator at Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Speechwriter at Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- First Lieutenant at United States Army
- Education
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- University of California, Davis
- Claremont Institute
- Engineer Officer Basic Course, Fort Leonard Wood
- Furman University
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Joshua Treviño’s Summary
Joshua S. Treviño is the founder and president of Treviño Strategies and Media, Inc.
Prior to this, he was most recently the Vice President for Public Policy at the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco, California. His professional experience includes working as “consultant” for a big multinational management consulting firm, writing speeches for the George W. Bush Administration, a stint in New York City at various dot.coms and service in the United States Army. His unprofessional experiences include crashing a Palestinian maternity clinic, making friends with Sandinista girls, and attending Divine Liturgy with the Pope.
He is a longtime blogger, having founded the now-defunct tacitus.org and co-founded redstate.com, among others.
Joshua Treviño’s Specialties:
A truly versatile writer and analyst on issues of public policy, both domestic and foreign. Available for consultation and work on strategic planning, new media, communications, and policy affairs.
Joshua Treviño’s Experience
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President
Trevino Strategies and Media, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2008 — Present (10 months)
Responsible for all operations.
• Founded the firm to assist entities and people wishing to engage in strategic planning, organizational conversations, political outreach, communications, and new media.
• Designed the 2008 strategic plan for Escuela Nueva International, a nonprofit specializing in international education. Traveled to Bogota, Colombia, in March 2008 to negotiate terms of engagement with partner organization.
• Drafted the operational plan for online engagement for California Forward, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization seeking reform of California governance.
• Served as a consultant and editor on the Heritage Foundation’s ongoing series of web-based policy memoranda.
• Produced the Heartland Institute’s monthly Infotech and Telecom Newsletter as Senior Editor, in charge of a nationwide stable of journalists and scholars on free-market technology issues.
• Implemented a series of policy-based outreach efforts for multiple private clients. -
Vice President for Public Policy
Pacific Research Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Policy industry)
September 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for all scholars and scholarship.
• Designed and implemented wholesale changes in the management of PRI's policy-production process.
• Instituted a new system of planning according to a series of defined metrics.
• Renewed and revitalized the PRI web presence.
• Represented PRI in major media outlets.
• Revised the editorial system from the bottom up.
• Took primary ownership, in the last half of 2006, of the task of drafting, unaided, necessary proposals and letters to donors and prospects.
• Spearheaded the hire of two Environmental Fellows.
• Improved the aesthetic quality of PRI’s products with the hire, unique in the think tank world, of a full-time dedicated graphic designer.
• Transformed a pre-existing one-shot series of policy pamphlets, produced for the 2005 California special election, into a standing product line of “Propositions Pamphlets,” to be issued before every election in the Golden State. -
Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; International Affairs industry)
March 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for developing the firm’s international health business.
• Created an action calendar for establishing the firm’s presence in the international-health arena, compiled a list of U.S. government and international contacts for the firm’s utilization, and identified key opportunities for it around the world.
• Conceived, convened, and led a firm-wide working group to design the firm’s response to the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. As a direct result, one of the world’s largest consulting firms rendered material aid to uncounted numbers of tsunami victims in the first half of 2005.
• Volunteered to assist the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, in drafting a business plan for a proposed Malaria Medicines and Supplies Service. This effort resulted in positive feedback for the firm as well as a unique offering for the World Health Organization in its fight against malaria worldwide.
• Extended services to a pharmaceutical client in Seoul, Korea. -
International Communications Coordinator
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for all of the Secretary’s international communications and speeches.
• Took charge of the Jordanian side of HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson’s excursions to Baghdad and Amman in early 2004. As a result of these efforts, the Secretary was able to spend some meaningful time in Jordan itself, and his overall trip to Iraq was a success.
• Supervised the execution of all events during the December 2003 visit of HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and his hundred-person delegation to Rwanda. Coordinated between the local U.S. Embassy and the Rwandan government. As a result of these efforts, when the delegation was disrupted by a terrorism scare on the final evening, it was able to smoothly transition to an alternate plan via Uganda.
• Served as Secretarial advance man to six nations in Africa — South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia — to conduct on-the-spot assessments of hotels, sites, and facilities in October 2003. -
Speechwriter
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
November 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Responsible for Secretarial speeches and communications on demand.
• Joined the speechwriting team for HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. Crafted noteworthy remarks for audiences ranging from Wisconsin civic associations to foreign dignitaries. These efforts were instrumental in the policy success that the Secretary enjoyed during his term in the President’s Cabinet. -
First Lieutenant
United States Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
May 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 5 months)
Served as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the 46th Engineer Battalion.
• Mobilized U.S. Air Force assets to provide the 46th Engineer Battalion with up-to-date imagery of its deployment region in Nicaragua during Operation Fuerte Apoyo in November 1998. As a consequence, the battalion modified its deployment plan in a manner that resulted in a successful deployment, with all equipment, to the area of operations.
• Volunteered to take charge of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 46th Engineer Battalion for the duration of its deployment to Nicaragua in 1998-1999. Under my command, the platoon successfully executed missions ranging from culvert repair in rural areas to the construction of a bridge across the river at Pueblo Nuevo.
Joshua Treviño’s Education
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University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Political Science, 2008 — 2012 (expected)
Admitted only -- this degree is not actually achieved yet!
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Claremont Institute
Lincoln Fellow, Constitutional and Founding Principles, 2006 — 2006
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Engineer Officer Basic Course, Fort Leonard Wood
Graduated, Combat Engineering, 1997 — 1998
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Furman University
BA, History, Political Science, 1994 — 1997
- Activities and Societies:
- U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
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Joshua Treviño’s Interests:
new media, internet, online, strategy, policy, politics, communications, writing
Joshua Treviño’s Groups:
California Republican Party, Campaigns & Elections "All Things Ethical"
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