Roger S. Berkowitz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Legal Sea Foods, a Boston-based restaurant group that has 34 restaurants along the northeast of the United States. He started working in his family's fish market in the Inman Square section of Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of ten and held a variety of roles prior to becoming President and CEO in 1992. Since then, he has led the company's growth and diversification. He now oversees restaurant, retail and mail order divisions and 4,000 employees. Since the 1990s, Berkowitz has narrated and appeared in many of his company's television commercials and other advertising. In his 2015 ad campaign, he ran as a faux candidate in the 2016 presidential election asking people to #feeltheberk and vote for him on the foundation of legalizing sea weed and other viewpoints. Early life and education Berkowitz was raised in a Jewish family in Waltham and Lexington along with two brothers, Marc and Richard, and worked at the family fish market along with his parents, George and Harriet. After graduating from Lexington High School, Berkowitz studied radio and television at Syracuse University and later received an honorary degree from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. During his time as an undergraduate at Syracuse, Berkowitz hosted his own radio news show that covered local and national topics. After completing his undergraduate studies, Berkowitz returned to Cambridge with the intention of working for a couple of years in the family business. The family-run business focus had changed from a fish market, with an attached fried fish take-out option, to a full-service restaurant. Berkowitz later attended Harvard Business School's Owner/President Management (OPM) program, London Business School's Senior Executive Programme and the Strategic Marketing Management Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Berkowitz holds an honorary master's degree from The Culinary Institute of America and honorary doctorates degrees from Johnson & Wales University, Newbury College, Salem State University, Nichols College and New England College of Business. Leadership and boards Berkowitz is currently a member of NOAA's Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee and the Regional Selection Panel for the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Berkowitz was a member of the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund Advisory Committee. In addition, Berkowitz serves on boards for many nonprofits, including Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, UNICEF, and the Environmental League of