Selected Employment
In addition to his work as an artist, Ben Goldman has had an extensive and wide-ranging career as an activist, public policy expert, author, and entrepreneur. His doctorate is in public administration, and his work has led to a landmark First Amendment judicial decision (Federal Election Commission v. Political Contributions Data Inc., 943 F.2d 190, 2d Cir. 1991), a Presidential Executive Order (No. 12898 in 1994), policy changes at all levels of government and in other countries, as well as a new field of academic study and social activism. He has organized communities and interest groups across America for more than two decades in roles including grassroots leader, political candidate, professor, co-founder and director of several national and local organizations, and consultant to dozens of governmental, non-profit, and for-profit establishments.
2011— | NATURE BREAKTHROUGHS – CEO/Founder
2006-11 | CITY WITHOUT WALLS, Newark, NJ – Executive Director
2005— | UNITED VISUAL ARTS, INC. – President and Founder
1997— | Artist
1996 | Independent Consultant
1994-95 | TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA – Lecturer
1993-95 | JOBS & ENVIRONMENT CAMPAIGN, Cambridge, MA – Acting Executive Director (Research Director 93-7/95)
1992-93 | CITIZENS NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, New York, NY – Executive Director
1989-92 | RADIATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT, New York, NY – Associate Director and Co-Founder
1986-92 | PUBLIC DATA ACCESS, INC., New York, NY – President and Co-Founder (Executive Vice President 1986-88)
1986-92 | POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS DATA, INC., New York, NY – President and Co-Founder (Executive Vice President 1986-88)
1982-86 | COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC PRIORITIES, New York, NY – Project Director (Research Associate 82-83)