Work

Ms. Silverman has worked as an attorney in the Living Cities program since 2003. She focuses on clean air, transportation and diesel issues.

Ms. Silverman also speaks at New York City schools and other events about reducing our carbon footprint, climate change as well as our campaigns on transportation transformation, healthier school buses and less engine idling.

Background

LL.M. in Environmental Law from Pace University, New York.
J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

A native of Switzerland, Ms. Silverman worked at an environmental consulting firm (Ecosens) in Switzerland right after law school. Thereafter, she received a Master’s Degree in Environmental Law at Pace University, New York.

After working as a litigation associate for McDermott, Will & Emery, an international law firm in New York City, Ms. Silverman made the switch to the environmental nonprofit world by working for INFORM in New York City as a corporate partnership liaison. In 2003 Ms. Silverman joined Environmental Defense Fund’s Living Cities program.