Common Sense – Team Members
A s h G r e y s o n
Ash Greyson is a media entrepreneur and marketing strategist with 20+ years of experience building and launching some of the most successful film campaigns in recent history. Having worked on more than 100 feature films, Greyson has worked with nearly every major Hollywood studio, network and streamer overseeing and implementing digital and social strategies. Greyson has a knack for rolling up his sleeves to tackle the impossible and has been referred to as "Hollywood’s Secret Weapon." He has the ability to see around corners and connect editorial and marketing in a way that captures audiences. As a director/producer, Greyson has collaborated on many music videos with artists such as Grammy Award winner “Weird” Al Yankovic and Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant. His present work can be seen across the dial, from A&E to TBN. He also produced the best-selling music video in Soundscan history. Greyson served as Vice President of the Indie record label, 3CG Records which, in 2003, launched what was at the time, the most successful self-release in Soundscan history which included a Billboard #2 single. In 2019 he co-founded Matter, a content accelerator and Multi-Entertainment network. The company focuses on Music, Esports, entertainment content, and Podcast verticals. With a YouTube Network that has 2+ Billion monthly views and reaches audiences in 58 countries, also has a growing Podcast Network. He is currently active in several start-ups as an investor and co-founder including the crowd funded company Pencilish Animation Studios.
Ribbow Media Group
Founder
Ribbow is Hebrew for "myriad, large numbers or great things." We are a film marketing company specializing in the digital arena. In each of our engagements we deploy a proven methodology that maximizes reach and interaction levels. We use data gathering, platform hacking, and ecosystem retargeting to optimize our results.
https://www.ribbowmediagroup.com/hom
pencilish Animation Studios
Co-Founder
Pencilish Animation Studios is a virtual studio that will create original IP with the goal of creating a library of properties to create merchandising and licensing opportunities.
https://www.pencilish.com/
Jason W. Hoyt
As a lifelong advocate for personal liberty, accountability, and principled self-governance, Jason has dedicated the past two decades to building and leading movements that empower citizens to take ownership of their communities and future. His mission has always been to awaken people to their inherent responsibility, and potential, to preserve freedom and uphold the moral boundaries that protect human dignity. He is an independent journalist, interviewer, speaker, and electorate education strategist focused on reducing global catastrophic risk by improving public understanding of emerging technologies. Jason has over 20 years of experience translating complex policy, technological, and ethical issues into accessible language that informs, engages, and activates broad audiences. He builds media platforms, conducts long-form interviews, distributes high-impact content during critical policy windows, and so much more. TALENTED SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, Creator, and Host of It’s Time To Save America and The Liberty Restoration Show. Author, Speaker, Host of the Save America Summit. Founder of the Liberty Restoration Society.
S t e p h e n B r o w n
Stephen Brown is a dynamic media technology producer at the helm of Resource Group Media, recognized for shaping stellar events nationwide with cutting-edge production tech and pioneering both marketing-driven and AI-powered solutions for social media and digital campaigns. He and his team develop advanced AI agents to deliver targeted marketing strategies, making Resource Group Media a leader in automation and intelligent audience engagement. Stephen’s portfolio includes clients with placements on CNN, ABC, NBC, God.TV, TBN, and CBN, along with hundreds of radio stations across the United States. Resource Group’s innovation and expertise have garnered repeated features in Audio & Video industry trade magazines. His track record features hundreds of top-tier events from the National Mall in DC to Florida Citrus showcases, a record-setting South Miami Beach event with 300,000 attendees, landmark productions at Google headquarters in California, multi-million-dollar arena seminars, and high-profile efforts for the NFL Super Bowl and Budweiser productions. Originally from England and an alumnus of Cambridge and Regent Universities, Stephen was recruited to the U.S. in 1994 as media director for a major 10,000-seat Florida church, then founded Resource Group in 1996. By 2006, he devoted his focus to growing Resource Group into a multifaceted enterprise: a high-tech event planning company, a media marketing firm registered as an agent for the United Nations Global Marketplace (supporting 27 UN organizations), a Metaverse digital business, and an AV production company. Stephen’s passion lies in merging real-world and virtual event experiences, achieving excellence in media production and harnessing the power of AI to reach millions daily on social platforms.
C a r r i e E l i s e S i m m s
Carrie has built businesses and organizations in Texas, Illinois, Florida, Washington D.C. and Virginia. She has served in a wide variety of industries and possesses a unique skill set, enabling her to create a comprehensive organizational vision and the infrastructure to accomplish the mission of the organization. She is a seasoned professional, visionary, organizational architect, and builder. Founder of Common Sense, a media company, committed to celebrate and articulate the core values of our Founding Fathers and We the People. Creating innovative, interactive, educational, and entertaining videos, games, and Apps for all ages to honor the courageous leaders of the Common Sense revolution in 1776, as we celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary in 2026. Director, Writer, and Animator of Liberty’s Common Sense Revolution, an entertaining and educational film series. Served on five Presidential elections and as a Senior Policy Advisor on several film projects focused on relevant biblical, cultural, economic, and political issues. Founded For Such A Time As This, which focuses on building relationships between political, military and religious leaders throughout the United States and the State of Israel. Simultaneously served as the Chief of Staff, Director of Federal Affairs and Chief Financial Officer for a Washington D.C. Lobby Firm; which concentrated on Tax Issues primarily for Family Businesses and Corporations. Managed several roles consisting of a vast array of responsibilities. Established and developed the organizational infrastructure for the 501c3, 501c6 and PAC, advised the President on all policy and personnel decisions, managed staff members and independent contractors including hiring, reviews, and development. Served on the Board of Directors of Toward Tradition an Orthodox Jewish Organization, which expanded her knowledge and understanding of Jewish history, culture and political perspective. Utilized her analytical skills in her role as a Business Manager and Analyst for a DoD Contractor for the United States Navy in Washington D.C. Simms simultaneously managed five Government Contracts ranging from five million to seventy million dollars. Founded Elise Designs, a residential remodeling firm. Carrie is a gifted Architectural Interior Designer and Photographer. At 16 she was selected to participate in a Gifted and Talented University program due to her unique combination of intellectual aptitude, artistic, and mechanical talents.
Common Sense – Advisors
E r i c T. F i n g e r h u t
Member
Brand marshal, brand duke, or the Brand Poohbah… call Eric Fingerhut what you want: he’s the lawyer clients trust to enforce and safeguard their valuable reputations against knockoffs and copycats and the champion who defends clients if someone accuses them of the same. He’s also the visionary strategist companies rely on to build and manage global trademark and copyright portfolios by constructing proprietary platforms powered by artificial intelligence. Eric’s trademark experience is far-reaching, including automotive, clothing and fashion, food and beverage, health and beauty, hospitality, technology, tobacco, cannabis, and other industries. Known for delivering crisp, succinct advice and not overpromising, he breaks down thorny problems into simple terms. As a litigator, Eric appears in federal courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and private arbitrations to represent clients in infringement, dilution, cybersquatting, unfair competition, and rights of publicity actions, along with oppositions and domain name disputes. Outside the trademark arena, Eric negotiates copyright agreements, reviews marketing materials for possible misrepresentation and false advertising risks, and monitors trends in new media law to keep clients aware of opportunities and threats.
J a m e s S. A z a d i a n
Member
James (“Jimmy”) Azadian is a Member in Dykema's Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices and serves as the Leader of the firm’s nationwide Appellate and Critical Motions Practice, and Chair of its West Coast Appellate Practice. Jimmy specializes in complex federal and state court commercial litigation raising cutting-edge and core business issues, the First Amendment to the Constitution, Article I of the California Constitution, and the application of California's anti-SLAPP statute in federal court. Jimmy has served as counsel in more than 275 appeals and writ proceedings covering a wide variety of industries and subjects throughout the country. He frequently serves as special counsel to other law firms in preparing advocates for oral argument and in assisting with the preparation of appellate briefs as well as critical motions at the trial court level in cases where an appeal by either side seems inevitable or where the outcome of the case will impact an entire series of litigation for the client. Jimmy also frequently serves as embedded appellate counsel during trial, working to support Dykema’s trial team and other firms’ trial teams to ensure the case is best positioned for any forthcoming appeal. He also specializes in private company compliance with the 8(a) Business Development Program, as administered through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additionally, Jimmy has substantial experience in complex internal corporate investigations, high-profile congressional and U.S. Department of Justice investigations, and strategic media campaigns.
T r e n t F r a n k s
The Honorable Trent Franks was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in 2002.
Congressman Trent Franks is a conservative Reagan Republican who spent most of his life working on children's issues and trying to build a better future for all children.
He was a former Member of the Arizona State House of Representatives, where he served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Child Protection and Family Preservation. He was a high-profile sponsor of numerous bills designed to protect the family, including the "Child Obscenity and Pornography Bill" (which survived major challenges in the U.S. Federal District Court) and the "Dangerous Crimes Against Children Bill." Both became nationally recognized.
Trent later oversaw all of Arizona’s state programs for children when he became the Cabinet-level Director of the Arizona Governor’s Office for Children. This office was the equivalent of the Department for Children in other states. He also served as Chairman of the Arizona State Children's Cabinet as well as Chairman of the Inter-Agency Study Committee on Children and AIDS.
Trent founded and served four and a half years as Executive Director of the Arizona Family Research Institute, a non-profit organization associated with Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family, where he advocated and advanced public policy to protect children and families in Arizona.
Congressman Franks served on the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, where he was the chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee and a member of the Subcommittee on Commercial Law and Administration. He was an active member of the Republican Study Committee and an Executive Committee Member of the Tom Lantos Congressional Human Rights Commission. He was also co-founder and co-chairman of the International Religious Freedom Caucus. Congressman Franks served on a host of task forces and caucus groups, including the House Working Group on Judicial Accountability, the Education Freedom Caucus, the House Working Group on Waste, Fraud and Abuse, the Liberty Caucus, the Human Rights Caucus, the India Caucus, the Anti-Terrorism Caucus, and was co-founder of the Israel Allies Caucus (IAC).Trent worked tirelessly to protect the innocent at every stage of life. He dedicated himself to children’s issues and was passionate in his commitment to protect all human life, including that of the unborn.
Congressman Franks’ longstanding record marked an unswerving commitment to providing parental empowerment and educational choice for families. In 1997, he authored and advocated the Arizona Scholarship Tax Credit. This incredibly successful program helped provide over 142,000 scholarships for children in its first 9 years.
In order to build on this success, Congressman Franks introduced the Children's Hope Act in the U.S. Congress, legislation that would encourage states to create their own scholarship tax credit programs by providing an additional federal credit for individuals who participated in a state scholarship tax credit of $250 or more. Congressman Franks received numerous honors during his time in Washington, including the Family Research Council's "True Blue Award," given to those who "demonstrated extraordinary integrity and character in their defense of the family and the sanctity of human life" and who held perfect voting records on issues of importance to the American family. He also received the "Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award" from the 60 Plus Association, the "Achievement Award" from the Seniors Coalition, and the "Spirit of Enterprise" award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
He received numerous awards reflecting his commitment to limited government and a smaller tax burden. These included the "Taxpayer’s Friend" award by the National Taxpayers Union for the fourth consecutive year "for consistently voting to promote economic freedom and reduce the burden of the American Taxpayer," the "Defender of Economic Freedom Award" from the Club for Growth (ranking among the top five most taxpayer-friendly Members of Congress), the "Tax Fighter Award" (100% rating) from the National Tax Limitation Committee, "Taxpayer Hero" by the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, and "Small Business Advocate" by Americans for Tax Reform. He also received the "Thomas Jefferson Award" from the Food Industry, 2004's "Lawmaker of the Year" by Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc., "Champion of Property Rights" (100% rating) by the League of Private Property Voters, "Friend of Farm Bureau" by the American Farm Bureau Federation, the "Constituent Communication Award" from National Write Your Congressman, a "Presidential Citation" from the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the "Friend of Education Award" from the Education Freedom Coalition.
Congressman Franks and his wife Josephine were married in 1980. They lived in Peoria with their children, Joshua and Emily, and were members of North Phoenix Baptist Church.
Trent Franks retired from Congress in 2017.
M i c h a e l C. M a i b a c h
Michael Maibach is a native of Illinois where, in 1972, he became the first American elected to public office under 21-years of age in US history while a college student. His 40-year career in international business included working for the four engineers who founded the Intel Corporation where he served as its first Vice President of Global Government Affairs. After Intel, Mr. Maibach became the President & CEO of the European-American Business Council. He took the Council out of bankruptcy and grew its membership to a group of 75 global companies. The EABC had offices in Washington DC and Brussels.
Today he is a Trustee and the Managing Director of the James Wilson Institute, a Distinguished Fellow at Save Our States, and a member of the Policy Board at the American Constitutional Rights Union. Mr. Maibach has given 200+ speeches in 23 states about the Declaration of Independence, the Founders’ Constitution, and its Electoral College design to students and civic groups. Mr. Maibach has earned seven university degrees. He has homes in Alexandria, Virginia and Naples, Florida.
www.SaveOurStates.com + www.JWinst.org
