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WHEN LOOKING FOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, EXPERIENCE COUNTS.
Having served as a senior appointee and member of the White House staff for former President Bill Clinton, and more recently, as a former commissioner of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission -- a position to which he was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate -- Ray Martinez utilizes his extensive and varied professional experience on behalf of a select list of corporate, government and non-profit clients. He is recognized for his ability to forge consensus among divergent political and philosophical concerns, and has developed a national reputation as a gifted public speaker and a diligent student of public policy implementation.
Throughout his work on behalf of public and private sector concerns, Ray Martinez has spoken extensively to national and international organizations on topics ranging from health care and education, to transparency and access in the voting process. He has lectured at continuing legal education forums, keynoted numerous conferences and symposiums, and has been interviewed on local, state and national media outlets, including Fox News, MSNBC and CNN. Ray Martinez has published opinion editorials in the New York Times, Roll Call and the Baltimore Sun and has authored an academic commentary on improving voter confidence that was published in 2006 by the Election Law Journal.
A native of Alice, Texas, Ray Martinez, 42, received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and his bachelor's degree from Southwestern University. He is married to Beth Stanley Martinez, a clinical social worker, and they are the parents of two children, Sofia and Lorenzo. They reside in Austin, Texas.
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