Meet Our Team
Ava Roosevelt
Producer, TRH Productions
A former columnist and feature writer for the The Journal of Ferrari History/Cavallino, International Opulence and Eloquence magazines. She is currently a contributing writer for Eloquence Magazine and specializes in Q&A with newsworthy individuals. She studied French literature at La Sorbonne, Paris, France and creative writing at Columbia University, New York. Ava is the widow of William Donner Roosevelt, FDR’s grandson. She is a Director of Business Development for an international intelligence company, The Fairfax Group, based in the Washington, D.C. area, headed by the internationally-recognized counter-terrorism expert, Michael J. Hershman. The Racing Heart is her first novel and has been adapted for the TV series. Visit the author’s website at www.theracingheart.com
Robert Menzies
Producer, Zed.Film / Producer, TRH Productions
Robert Menzies has produced over 30 feature films through his Zed.film production company (opened in 2007) including the box office hit The House at the End of the Street, starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, and the thriller Penthouse North starring Michael Keaton. Recently, I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, starring Ruth Wilson (The Affair) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and launched worldwide on Netflix in October. There Are Monsters, written and directed by Bryan Bertino (The Strangers), starring Zoe Kazan had a theatrical run with critical acclaim. Another worldwide release in 2017 was the Emma Robert’s horror/thriller The Black Coat’s Daughter. www.zed.film
Janna Ronert
Founder & Chairman of the Board, Image Skincare / Advisor, TRH Productions
Janna, who along with her husband, plastic surgeon Marc A. Ronert, MD, Ph.D., who serves as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, has grown Image Skincare into a recognizable and affordable brand with locations in sixty countries worldwide. In addition to running Image Skincare, Janna is an active member of C200.org, an organization that strengthens and inspires women business leaders around the world. Janna continuously supports female empowerment organizations including IMPACT Women and the Commonwealth Organization. In 2011, Janna and Marc created the Care for Skin Foundation, which provides reconstructive skin surgeries for children who suffer from skin loss. Janna is a mother of twins, an international health and wellness speaker, and a female empowerment advocate who has been featured in Forbes and was awarded Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2012 and the Florida Business Journal CEO of the year in 2016.
Matt Rich
CEO & President, Planet PR / Producer, TRH Productions
An American public relations executive and a movie and documentary publicist. A graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he was the Henry Cabot Lodge Fellow, Matt Rich was tapped by then senator Alfonse D'Amato to help with the NYC campaigns for candidate George Pataki's first two terms as NY Governor. Rich's company PlanetPR is a widely respected representative of an active roster of political, corporate and entertainment clients including Halston, Randolph Duke, Patty Hearst, Judy Collins, Dottie Frank, Jackie Onassis, Victoria Gotti and the Gotti family, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Liza Minnelli, Calvin Klein, Stephen Baldwin, Rachel Hirschfeld, John Catsimatidis, Jean Shafiroff, Ava Roosevelt, Ray Bouderau and Mike Lindell.
Rick Mayer
Engineer, Risi Competizione / Technical Advisor, TRH Productions
Rick Mayer, Risi Competizione Race Engineer, has worked over 20 years in Professional Motor Racing in the USA and Europe. Highly respected in his field, Rick has raced 16 times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Prototypes and GT cars and finished 1st in class twice with additional podiums. A Technical Advisor to THR Productions, Rick travels extensively worldwide. He resides in Florida.
Michael J. Hershman
Group CEO, International Centre for Sport Security / Advisor, TRH Productions
Michael J. Hershman is an internationally recognized expert on matters relating to transparency, accountability, governance, litigation, and security. Mr. Hershman founded The Fairfax Group in 1983 and since then has been retained by governments, corporations, non-governmental organizations and international financial institutions to assist on matters relating to transparency and accountability in governance and compliance. www.fairfaxgroup.us
Inge Moreau Horsten
Freelance Press / Communication Coordinator, TRH Productions
Inge Moreau Horsten is originally from The Netherlands where she studied communications and tourism and gained a trans-European perspective. Inge worked for CLUB MED globally before taking a position in the Department of Press Communications for the Automobile Club de L’Ouest (ACO) at the CIRCUIT DES 24 HEURES DU MANS. For more than ten years, she managed the numerous accreditation requests of journalists and photographers from all over the world. Inge is highly respected for her passion and dedication in facilitating the work of the media who share the global spectacle known as Le Mans. In 2017, Inge became the Secretary of Stewards for the World Endurance Championship (WEC), which includes race circuits in America, Asia, and the Middle East. Inge received the Communication Trophy for her work during the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018. This award is presented by a jury of journalists convened by the Union des Journalists de Sport de France (UJSF). www.the-dutch-touch.com
Kristin Shae Pisarcik-Urrutia
Freelance Producer, Minted Media / Advisor, TRH Productions
Kristin is a twice Emmy nominated and award-winning producer with over 15 years of network and television production experience. Kristin has a range of TV experience from producing and developing pilots to documentaries to national live talk and primetime series and more. Kristin worked for ABC News' Good Morning America, Primetime, and 20/20 and was the Senior Editorial Producer for Anderson Cooper's National Daytime show, ANDERSON. Kristin also helped develop, cast, book and launch Telepictures' Crime Watch Daily, ABC’s What Would You Do?, ABC's Primetime Monday, and a limited series, and ABC’s i-CAUGHT among others. Most recently, Kristin developed and Executive Produced BET’s “WIG OUT.” She also worked for ABC News' production company, Lincoln Square Productions for over 5 years as a development executive/consulting producer helping to develop many series including: A&E's Grace vs. Abrams, People’s List, People Icons, and other confidential pilots and series currently in the works. She also cast, developed, and produced the pilot episode for ABC Family’s Next Step Reality: NYC. Kristin founded Minted Media in 2013 in New York and recently relocated it to Palm Beach. www.mintedmedia.tv
Raymond J. Markovich
Producer / Attorney / Advisor, TRH Productions
Ray Markovich graduated from the University of Notre Dame (BBA in Accounting), Albany Law School (JD cum laude and Editor of the Albany Law Review), and The London School of Economics (LLM in International Business Law). Ray is a member of several bar associations including the US Supreme Court, the 2nd, 6th, and 9th Circuit Courts, the SDNY, EDNY, NDNY, and EDMI, and the State of New York. Ray resided in Russia from 1993-2009. From 1993-1996, he developed the English language Americom House of Cinema in Moscow, which dominated the Russian exhibition market and was Americom's attorney in its long-running dispute with the City of Moscow. From 1996-2000, Ray was General Director and developed Kodak Kinomir, a cinema/entertainment complex in Moscow that for two years was #1 in the world in sales per seat and sales per screen. From 2000-2009, he founded Albany Kino in Tula, Russia. Ray has produced or executive produced 20 films including Jacked, Velvet Revolution, A Broken Life, The Black Waters of Echo's Pond, Autopsy, Nine Miles Down, The Pool Boys, Night of the Demons, Demoted, High School, Schism, Black Dog, Red Dog, American Idiots, Michael: The Last Photo Shoots, and London Fields. Ray also performed legal work for production and finance on numerous other films.
David Gardner
Technical Advisor / Motor Racing Consultant, TRH Productions
David Gardner has been involved in auto racing for over five decades. He was an Assistant Director for the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) at Laguna Seca, CA and worked for the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) during the 24-Hours of Le Mans. David was a scientist/engineer for the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). His principle interest is in early Porsche 911 automobiles, but his general knowledge of professional motor racing is outstanding.
John Burgess
Freelance Research / Creative Consultant, TRH Productions
John Burgess has over 30 years of experience as an engineer, educator, and entrepreneur. He was a manufacturing engineer and product manager for two of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies and a Business Broker working on Mergers & Acquisitions for 3 years before purchasing or launching various business ventures over the next 20 years. He is the Founder of John Burgess Social Media Marketing (JBSMM) and inventor of Reading Performance System (RPS). John frequently speaks at business, technology, and education conferences around the country. He also acts as a consultant and adviser to several companies and organizations and is a contributor to various online blogs and discussions regarding education and business. John earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) from the University of California – Davis (UCD), a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from San Jose State University (SJSU) with Honors.
Faith Majors
Operations Producer / TRH Productions
Faith Majors specializes in celebrity consulting including styling, photo shoots, travel, red carpet and VIP events, as well as fitness consulting and public relations. Faith is an operations producer, model and actress with more than two decades of experience in the entertainment industry. She has been serving as Senior Vice President of Lee Majors Productions from 2006-2022. She is the owner of Faith Majors Consulting.