Berman and Company ยป Sarah
Director of Communications, Berman and Company • Managing Director, American Beverage Institute • Spokeswoman, American Beverage Institute • Communications Director, Center for Union Facts • Communications Director, Center for Consumer Freedom • Spokeswoman, Center for Consumer Freedom • Media Contact, Indoor Tanning Association • Media Contact, SweetScam • Spokeswoman, Employment Policies Institute • President, American Beverage Institute • Spokeswoman, Rethink Reform
Short Bio: Sarah Longwell works in public relations for Berman & Company, listed as the principal media contact for the Center for Consumer Freedom, the Center for Union Facts, and the Indoor Tanning Association. She is also listed as both the managing director and communications director of the American Beverage Institute. Longwell has written many editorial pieces on behalf of these industry-funded front groups and often serves as a media spokesperson. She previously served as the director of communications at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a nonprofit organization that works to spread the conservative message on college campuses.
| Berman and Company | Director of Communications |
| American Beverage Institute | Managing Director |
| Center for Union Facts | Communications 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.
