Ellen Berman
Ellen Berman Ms. Berman’s career spans the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. She served as President of the Consumer Energy Council of America, one of the nation’s leading public policy organizations, from its founding in 1973 until 2007. Along with producers Jeffrey Richards and Richard Gross, Ms. Berman produced the Tony Award-nominated play by Matthew Barber Enchanted April, The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Compleat Wrks of Shkspr (Abridged), and David Ives’ Mere Mortals. A graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University, Ms. Berman is an active member of the Council for the Arts at MIT and the MIT McDermott Award Committee. She is a trustee of the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Sarasota, Florida. She has chaired the Sarasota International Design Summit and the John Ringling Towers Fund Grants Panels of the Sarasota County Arts Council. She is highly involved in the Washington, DC arts community. She has shepherded the development of Operation Epsilon through New York readings and a workshop at The Asolo Rep in Sarasota, and she is pleased to be a part of this world premiere by The Nora Theatre Company.