[gregebowman]

Berman was Roddenberry's assistant or producer or something like that. When Roddenberry died, Berman was picked to head the Star Trek franchise. He was the one who developed, along with others, all of the spin-off shows, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise. I don't think Majel Barrett has much influence over the shows, other than providing the computer voices. I stopped reading all of the production info on the shows, so I really don't know more than that. There's probably some die hard Trekkie who could tell you much more than that.