Werner Erhard and Associates

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Werner Erhard and Associates
Type Private Corporation
Founded February 1981
Headquarters San Francisco, California, USA
Key people Werner Erhard, Founder
Brian Regnier, President, Secretary
Jack Mantos, President to 1988[1]
Harry Rosenberg, Director, Treasurer
Art Schreiber, General Counsel
Harry Margolis, Tax Attorney
Stewart Esposito, Executive
Gilbert H. Judson, Executive
Regina Tierney, Executive
Donald R. Share, Initial Agent
Industry Self-help, Personal development
Products Large Group Awareness Training, "The Forum"
Revenue $Unknown USD (1981)
Operating income $Unknown USD (1981)
Net income $Unknown USD (1981)
Employees Unknown (1981)
Parent Erhard Seminars Training
Subsidiaries Breakthrough Technologies,
Transnational Education Corp.,
The Centers Network,
Rancord Company, Ltd.,
Transformational Technologies, Inc.

Werner Erhard and Associates (also known as WE&A or as WEA) functioned (from February 1981 until 1991) as a successor-organization to Erhard Seminars Training (est), and became a predecessor-organization to Landmark Education Corporation.

Initially WE&A marketed and presented the est training (in the form of its various seminars and workshops), but in 1984 it introduced a modified, shortened and less intensive introduction to Werner Erhard's ideas, called "The Forum".

In early 1991, as hints of scandal and various allegation focussed increasing public attention on Werner Erhard and his organizations, Erhard sold up and left the United States, and in January 1991 WE&A morphed into new forms and structures.

The timeline and the table below outline the various name-changes and incorporations along the way to WE&A becoming Landmark Education. Previously, the organization used the names:

  • Breakthrough Technologies
  • Transnational Education Corp
  • The Centers Network
  • Rancord Company, Ltd.

The plethora of names may reflect in part the methodology of "margolis schemes" [2] , named after Werner Erhard and Associates's attorney Harry Margolis. Compare the concept of a Yeoman loop.

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[edit] Taxation issues

The United States IRS settled a tax dispute with Erhard by paying him $200,000 for wrongful disclosure of false information. In a separate issue, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found Erhard arccountable for civil tax evasion February 8, 1995 in the case "Werner H. Erhard v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service" [3]

See also:

  • Ellen Erhard v. Werner Erhard, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public Record, June 20, 1996, for issues related to IRS tax petition disputes between Werner Erhard and his second wife, Ellen Erhard. The case decided as follows: "Ellen Erhard appeals the Tax Court's dismissal of her petition as untimely filed. We affirm."

[edit] Timeline of incorporations and name-changes

For additional Information, see Landmark Education and est/Erhard Seminars Training.
Source: Hesse-Nassau Evangelical Church website

Werner Erhard conducts a seminar
Werner Erhard conducts a seminar

— later to become "The Landmark Forum" in the 1990s

* signed by attorney Donald R. Share
* Art Schreiber as initial agent
* Brian Regnier signed as President and Secretary of Transnational Education Corp
* Harry Rosenberg as director and treasurer
  • June 5, 1991 - Werner Erhard and Associates International, Inc., noted as a subsidiary of Landmark Education Corporation[5]
* Gilbert H. Judson, president
* Regina Tierney, secretary
  • July 14, 1992 - Alexandria, VA - federal district judge rules Landmark Education Corporation did not have successor liability, in the case brought by a Silver Spring, Maryland woman for emotional damages allegedly due to participation in the Forum under Werner Erhard and Associates.
  • February 2003 - Landmark Education Corporation became "Landmark Education LLC"

[edit] Appearances in documentaries

[edit] The Century of the Self

Werner Erhard himself appeared in the 2002 British documentary by Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self. He appears in episode 3 of 4. This segment of the video discusses the est training in great detail, and includes interviews with est-graduates John Denver and Jerry Rubin.

[edit] Transformation

In 2006, Erhard appeared alongside Landmark Forum Leader Laurel Scheaf (pictured) and Landmark Forum Leader Randy McNamara (pictured), in the Robyn Symon documentary Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard [6].

[edit] Biographies

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

[edit] Staff/Participants/Individuals

[edit] Current/Previous Involvement, Landmark Education

[edit] Other

[edit] Related Organizations

[edit] Successive organizational names

Name From To
The Foundation for the Realization of Man 1973 July 1976
The est Foundation July 1976 February 1981
Werner Erhard and Associates February 1981 January 16, 1991
Breakthrough Technologies January 16, 1991 January 23, 1991
Transnational Education Corp. January 23, 1991 May 7, 1991
Landmark Education Corporation May 7, 1991 February 2003
Landmark Education, LLC February 2003 present


[edit] References

  1. ^ The Return of Werner Erhard: Guru II, Los Angeles Magazine, May 1988, Mark MacNamara, San Francisco, CA, Vol 33; No 5; Sec 1; pg 106
  2. ^ Margolis Schemes, Asset Protection Book, Reinvoicing Article
  3. ^ Werner H. Erhard v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service, 1995, Asset Protection Book, Erhard Article, Case Law website
  4. ^ Anthony Gottlieb, "Heidegger for Fun and Profit", The New York Times, January 7, 1990
  5. ^ See quote: "'This letter serves as the consent by Landmark Education Corporation for the use of the name "Landmark Education International, Inc." by our wholly-owned subsidiary, currently known as Werner Erhard and Associates International, Inc."., Articles of Incorporation, January 16, 1991
  6. ^ Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard, Documentary, 2006, , documentary, directed by Robyn Symon
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