Richard Bernard, Senior Vice President, joined FMM&A after being on the faculty at the University of Toronto from 1999 to 2002.  Among his projects at FMM&A, Dr. Bernard has been the lead researcher on surveys of resident satisfaction with local government services, the feasibility of ballot measures for local government revenue enhancements, public perceptions of government sponsored social service programs and public responses to real estate development proposals.

While at the University of Toronto , he taught research methods and statistics and within his research dealt frequently with issues related to cities, employment, ethnicity, and families.  He has published in such journals as East Asian Pacific Migration Journal, International Migration Review and the Canadian Journal of Sociology.  Prior to joining the faculty at University of Toronto, Dr. Bernard was a post-doctoral fellow at The University of Chicago where he both designed and tested quantitative and qualitative surveys related to family, work and educational issues.

In addition to the more than four years as Senior Vice President and Senior Researcher for FMM&A, Dr. Bernard’s experience also includes nine years consulting for the non-profit sector and government.  The projects he has been involved in range from work on a California ballot proposition intending to eliminate rent control on mobile homes to an evaluation of safe sex behavior sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.  Richard Bernard received an Honors B.A. at York University , a M.A. at McGill University and a Ph.D. at UCLA in Sociology.  He may be reached at FMM&A’s Santa Monica office at (310) 828-1183, or at bernard@fmma.com.