Damon Silvers

Damon Silvers is an American lawyer and former government employee who serves as a policy director for the AFL-CIO. Silvers led the AFL-CIO legal team that won severance payments for laid off Enron and WorldCom workers.[1] Silvers also served as Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel from 2008 to 2010.[2]

Damon Silvers
Personal details
EducationHarvard University (BA, JD, MBA)
King's College, Cambridge

Career

Silvers is a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Standing Advisory Group, the Financial Accounting Standards Board User Advisory Council, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Corporate Governance Task Force.

On November 14, 2008, Silvers was appointed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the majority leader of the Senate Harry Reid to serve on the five-member Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.

Silvers previously clerked at the Delaware Court of Chancery for Chancellor William T. Allen.[3]

Early life and Education

Silvers was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia. Silvers attended Bellevue Elementary School and Open High School in Richmond, Virginia. Silvers graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1986. Silvers received his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School. He received his M.B.A. with high honors from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar. Silvers also studied history at King's College, Cambridge.[4]

At Harvard, Silvers was a leader of the anti-apartheid Divestment movement, and was one of two undergraduates invited by Local 26 of the union which represented Harvard's dining hall staff to join their negotiating team in 1986.[5]

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References
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  2. "Damon A. Silvers". aflcio.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. "StackPath". fedsoc.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  4. "AFL-CIO policy chief aims to stop unions' decline | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times". o.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. "Damon Silvers - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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