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Communications Associate, Berman and Company • Media Contact, American Beverage Institute • Media Contact, Center for Consumer Freedom • Media Contact, Center for Union Facts • Media Contact, Employment Policy Institute • Executive Director, Mercuryfacts • Spokeswoman, American Beverage Institute
Short Bio: Sarah Kapenstein has served as a communications associate for Berman & Company since March 2008. She is listed as the media contact for the Center for Consumer Freedom, the Center for Union Facts, the Employment Policy Institute, the American Beverage Institute, and the executive director of Mercuryfacts -- all Berman & Company front groups.
Before starting at Berman & Company, Kapenstein spent 4 months at Barbour Griffith & Rogers as a research clerk, 4 months at the U.S. Supreme Court as a public information office intern, 5 months interning at the office of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), and 4 months as a scheduling intern at the White House. She received her B.A. in political communication from The George Washington University in D.C. in 2007.
| Berman & Company | Communications Associate |
| American Beverage Institute | Media Contact |
| Center for Consumer Freedom | Media Contact |
| Center for Union Facts | Media Contact |
| Employment Policy Institute | Media Contact |
| Mecuryfacts | Executive Director |
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.
