Retired Marine Corps chief warrant officer Albert R. Renteria of Fallbrook, Calif., is co-founder and chief executive officer of G5Global LLC.  A native of Chicago, Renteria served in the Marine Corps for 26 years.  Among other manpower and information systems duties, Renteria was responsible for developing and implementing programs in support of the Marine Corps’ migration of administration management from paper to a secured web-based platform.  Renteria also served as an information systems officer, systems analyst, project action team leader, senior analyst, manpower management officer, classified material officer, adjutant, and recruiting operations chief.  

After his retirement from the Marine Corps in 2000, Renteria held positions of leadership in the private sector as an independent e-commerce consultant, branch manager for Pioneer Services and South Pacific district manager for George S. May International Consulting. 

In 2001 Renteria founded Operation Interdependence (OI), a successful national non-profit organization that provides a means for the public to support and service troops deployed overseas, their families, military personnel at home and veterans without impacting resources.  OI has thousands of volunteers and 15 distribution centers across the country. 

Renteria also served as president of the Navy League of the United States Tri-City Council (Calif.) and Pacific Southwest Region, and national director and president of the Pacific Wars Memorial Foundation in Oceanside, Calif. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science and Master of Science in electronic commerce from National University in San Diego and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Organization Management with Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

G5Global LLC co-founder and vice president is Faye J. Eson, a 20-year public relations professional residing in Houston, Texas.  Eson spent seven years in television working in news, promotion/marketing, public affairs and sales prior to joining Texaco Inc., in 1990 as a lobbyist in Austin, Texas.  Eson was later assigned to Texaco’s public and government affairs office in Bakersfield, Calif., where she managed the company’s philanthropic program, community outreach, media relations and government affairs activities in the central and south coast regions of California.  Eson also served on the company’s western region emergency response team.  She was promoted to director of external communications at Texaco’s worldwide headquarters in White Plains, N.Y., where she served as public relations advisor to senior company executives and was responsible for developing and deploying strategic communications plans in support of the company’s worldwide business units.  Her experience includes work in Indonesia, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 

In 2000, Eson relocated to Santa Barbara, Calif., where she was senior account manager at Davies Communications providing public relations support to major real estate development clients before devoting her life to volunteerism in 2001.

Eson served on the national boards of the League of Women Voters, the Dream Foundation and the Navy League of the United States.  She was first vice president and public affairs officer of the Navy League Santa Barbara Council where she led the organization’s public relations efforts in support of aircraft carrier USS RONALD REAGAN and the creation of Ronnie™ the bear Beanie Baby® by Ty to commemorate the 2003 commissioning of the ship.  

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and mass communications from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.