SEAN BERSELL   |   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sean has 30 years of experience in issue advocacy and public relations and more than two decades of experience in not-for-profit association management. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of New Mexico School of Law, he began his professional career as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici (NM), where his portfolio included historic preservation issues. Sean subsequently served as an Assistant Director of the National Park Service, in charge of the agency’s legislative and congressional affairs. He currently is Senior Vice President, Public Affairs for the Entertainment Merchants Association, the trade association for retailers of videos and video games. Sean and his wife Heather Norris live with their two dogs in a 1925 Spanish-style bungalow in the Casa Verdugo neighborhood.