Berman and Company ยป Richard
President, Berman and Company • Executive Director, Rethink Reform • Executive Director, HumaneWatch.org • Executive Director, DefeatTheDebt.com • Executive Director, Activist Cash • Executive Director, AnimalScam • Executive Director, PhysicianScam • Executive Director, PETA Kills Animals • Executive Director, SweetScam • Executive Director, FishScam.com • Executive Director, Center for Consumer Freedom • Executive Director, American Beverage Institute • Executive Director, CSPIscam • Executive Director, Employment Policies Institute • Executive Director, Interlock Facts • Executive Director, Mercuryfacts • Executive Director, SunLightScam • Executive Director, TeacherUnionFacts • Executive Director, The Center for Union Facts • Executive Director, The Employee Freedom Action Committee • Executive Director, Econ4U.org • Executive Director, IncomeTaxFacts.org • Executive Director, Rotten Acorn • General Counsel, Employment Policies Institute
Short Bio: Richard Berman is the executive director and founder of several big-industry funded front organizations, including the Center for Consumer Freedom, the American Beverage Institute, the Employment Policy Institute, the Center for Economic and Entrepreneurial Literacy, Activist Cash, Interlock Facts, the Center for Union Facts, and Teachers Unions Exposed. Berman runs these organizations via his consulting firm, Berman & Company.
A former lawyer for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Berman struck out on his own in the early 90s. In 1995 he used Phillip Morris seed money to fight the move to put non-smoking sections in restaurants in through his first front organization, the Guest Choice Network (GCN). Berman's other front groups were founded soon after, and GCN became the Center for Consumer Freedom in 2001. Berman represents the interests of the food & beverage industry, the anti-union lobby, the tanning industry, and anti-minimum wage activists.
| Berman and Company | President |
| Mecuryfacts | Executive Director |
| Interlock Facts | Executive Director |
| Center for Consumer Freedom | Executive Director |
| Employment Policies Institute | Executive Director |
| CSPIscam | Executive Director |
| Center for Consumer Freedom | Executive Director |
| American Beverage Institute | Executive Director |
| FishScam.com | Executive Director |
| Activist Cash | Executive Director |
| SunLightScam | Executive Director |
| TeacherUnionFacts | Executive Director |
| The Center for Union Facts | Executive Director |
| The Employee Freedom Action Committee | Executive Director |
| Econ4U.org | Executive Director |
| IncomeTaxFacts.org | Executive Director |
| Rotten Acorn | Executive Director |
| Employment Policies Institute | General Counsel |
Richard Berman has been a regular front man for business and industry in campaigns against consumer safety and environmental groups. Through his public affairs firm, Berman and Company, Berman has fought unions, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, PETA and other watchdog groups in their efforts to raise awareness about obesity, the minimum wage, the dangers of smoking, mad cow disease, drunk driving, and other causes. Berman runs at least 15 industry-funded front groups and projects, such as the Center for Union Facts and holds 16 "positions" in those organizations.
Each year, Berman, using his front groups to spread misinformation, spends millions of dollars distracting the public with misleading ads.
As a result of his largesse, in 2006, Richard Berman used $2,000,000 in cash to buy this $3.3 million house.
