K. Robert Brink (TWPS President) - A veteran of the magazine publishing business, Brink was with the Chilton Company, a business-to-business magazine publisher in Philadelphia for 19 years rising to the title of Executive Vice President and a director of the company.  He joined the Hearst Corporation in 1976 where he was Executive Vice President and Publishing Director of Hearst Magazines for more than 20 years. He was also a director of the company during his tenure.  He still maintains a consulting role with Hearst. Currently, Brink is an investor in True West Magazine and holds an active role in its management.  The True West Preservation Society is a logical extension of the magazine’s active mission of preserving its Western history through its dedicated features and columns on preservation.  A leader in keeping the history of the West alive, True West reaches Western enthusiasts from all over the country.

Ken Amorosano (TWPS Executive Director) is publisher and editor of Western Shooting Horse Magazine and Associate Publisher of True West Magazine. As Marketing Director for the Single Action Shooting Society from 1994 until July of 2007, Amorosano was responsible for bringing the organization to 75,000 members and creating a cottage industry that is burgeoning today. His experience in the Old West and Firearms industry is unique and well established. As publisher of the organization’s monthly Cowboy Chronicle newspaper, he achieved optimum circulation with one of the most advertiser rich publications in the industry. Amorosano has more than 25 years of professional marketing and publishing experience. His former career as owner of Amorosano Associates Public Relations in Los Angeles from 1985 to 1994 had Amorosano representing such notable clients as Cartier and Piaget Jewelers and actors Anthony Quinn, Fred Ward and Elizabeth Pena. He has worked on numerous television series and specials including the American Music Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards and is responsible for the coordination of hundreds of articles and photo layouts in the world’s top publications. Amorosano is also an avid Mounted Shooter who travels around the country participating in events produced by the different of Mounted Shooting organizations.

Since 1969, Dave Daiss has lived in Arizona and served on the board of the Cowboy Mounted Shooters Association for three years, is on the board of director's of Empire Ranch Foundation, Arizona Big Horn Sheep Society and Desert Foothills Land Trust. He's been a re-enactor for many years, is an owner of True West magazine. He owns a working cattle ranch in Sonoita, Arizona where he lives with his wife Doreen. He's a member of SASS (badge number 1283), and one of the original members of Cowboy Mounted Shooters. "I look forward to saving as much of the West that's left," Daiss said. He has organizational skills and is a hands on kind of guy. He can be contacted at aztruewest@aol.com

Paul Andrew Hutton is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico and Executive Director of the Western Writers Association. His Phil Sheridan and His Army (1985) received the Billington Prize from the Organization of American Historians, the Evans Biography Award and the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. He has published widely in both scholarly and popular magazines and received numerous awards for these pieces. Additionally, he has written, appeared in or narrated more than 150 television documentaries on CBS, NBC, PBS, Discovery, Disney Channel, TBS, TNN, A&E and the History Channel. In 2003, he was the historical consultant for the Ron Howard film The Missing.

Gary Martinson, the owner of Scottsdale-based Bison Homes, enjoys working with those special folks who view things a little differently. People who believe that a home is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself. People who have made a conscious decision about the kind of lifestyle they choose to live. People who believe their home should simply be a comfortable base from which to enjoy the many other things that life has to offer. With a rather unusual comment from a home builder, Gary states, Housing isn't everything." While Gary concedes that home ownership is still the "American Dream," he understands that there are certain people in the home buying market who have already attained that dream or simply desire a lifestyle that isn't restricted by the responsibilities of home ownership. Whether they are seasonal residents, active retirees or young professionals, Bison Homes' business philosophy is to supply these special people with affordable luxury and a maintenance-free lifestyle, all in the type of resort environment for which Arizona is known. Gary sums it up as offering "the resort lifestyle."

Robert G. McCubbin retired from El Paso Gas Company and is currently Publisher Emeritus with True West Magazine. He collects Old West photographs and books, and occasionally writes about his finds. Bob's children are grown, and he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.



Born in 1942, Ed Mell spent an idyllic childhood in what was then the small western city of Phoenix. He attended Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and soon after graduation accepted a position in New York as an art director for a large advertising agency. Seeking greater artistic freedom, he opened an illustration studio and met with immediate success, establishing his national reputation. Still, Mell felt that he hadn't yet found his voice as an artist. Seeking a break from the city's pace, he accepted a teaching position the Hopi reservation in 1970. Time spent on Arizona's Colorado Plateau reconnected Mell with the land he loved and his artistic course was set. He relocated to Phoenix and began painting his well-known landscapes. Mell's creative drive has led him to produce bronze sculptures and print series in addition to his oils. Ed Mell's work is found in many public and private collections including those of Tri-Star Pictures, Phoenix Art Museum, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Diane Keaton, Arnold Schwartzenegger, and Bruce Babbitt.

Steve and Marcie Shaw have expertise in sales and marketing, event production and Old West history. Upon acquiring his Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach, Steve entered USAF’s Officer Training School and became a B-52 navigation instructor.  He acquired his Masters Degree in Management at Central Michigan University while at Ford Motor Company. After attending Alleghany College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Marcie entered the health care field with Blue Cross, completing credentials as a California Life agent. Retiring young was an accomplished goal.  Steve is an accomplished writer with 250+ articles published in various magazines, including Old West history, celebrity interviews, book reviews, fiction and nonfiction stories.  Accepted to Western Writer’s of America, Steve’s first book, Beyond the Rio Grande, was a Finalist in the 2007 New Mexico Book Award Program.  Steve has appeared on the History Channel and as a historian on A&E’s Biography. Acquiring travel agent’s license, the couple developed “Great American Adventures” and organize steamboat cruises, train rides and historic horseback rides. The only couple to win SASS’ prestigious Top Hand Award, they’ve scripted and directed three Opening Night Ceremony films for the organization’s End of Trail event. Steve and Marcie have also conceptualized, designed and built Western facades, coordinated and produced major social functions and served as celebrity coordinators for the organization. The Shaw’s originated SASS’ Buckaroo Bronze Award, and designed and built the True West Gallery at the 2007 End of Trail event. In their spare time, Steve and Marcie regularly appear as “extras” in many films produced in New Mexico where the couple resides.

Marshall Trimble was born in Ashfork, Arizona, a small cattle shipping and railroad town in the northern part of the state. After a U.S. Marine Corps tour and a college degree, Marshall began a career as a folksinger in the 1960s, developing a love of Western history and folklore. In 1977, Doubleday published his first book, Arizona, and he now has 20 books to his credit. He's also taught Arizona and Western history at Scottsdale Community College since 1972, and he regularly lectures and sings ballads about the Old West. In 1977, the governor of Arizona appointed him Official State Historian.