Brian Berry
Senior Vice President

Brian Berry specializes in navigating through highly adversarial environments to solve high-stakes problems.  He offers his clients nearly 10 years of diverse experience that includes reputation management and positioning, national and state issues advocacy, media relations, message development, public opinion research, media training, and advertising. 

Today, Mr. Berry leads CLS work with the Cruise Lines International Association.  This program, aimed at policymakers and opinion elite, counters rhetoric from industry adversaries that for years has been the root of contentious policy debate.  Through a series of proactive measures including a third party expert program, the CLS campaign communicates the industry’s actions to comply with countless international, federal, and state regulations, improve passenger safety, and reduce cruise ship impact on the environment.

Mr. Berry also manages a program for the Personal Watercraft Industry Association to improve the industry’s reputation and prevent onerous public waterways restrictions by communicating how personal watercraft technology is cleaner and quieter.  As a result, personal watercraft access has been restored in 13 national parks. 

For Genworth Financial’s mortgage insurance division, Mr. Berry has led several campaigns to inform decision makers and the media about the role private mortgage insurance plays in providing stability and security in the mortgage and housing sectors.  He also worked on a successful legislative campaign that made mortgage insurance tax deductible for the first time ever.  For Genworth’s long term care insurance business, he leads a thought leadership program to communicate to policymakers the role long term care insurance plays in caring for our elderly, and in providing financial relief to families and government programs including Medicare and Medicaid.  Mr. Berry organizes Genworth’s annual National Long Term Care Symposium on Capitol Hill in Washington. 

Mr. Berry holds a B.A. in International Relations from the State University of New York, College at New Paltz.  He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and their son.