Damon Silvers

Associate counsel at the AFL-CIO

Mr. Silvers was the Chair of the Competition Subcommittee of the United States Treasury Department Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession and a member of the United States Treasury Department Investor’s Practice Committee of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. He is also a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Standing Advisory Group and the Financial Accounting Standards Board User Advisory Council. Prior to working for the AFL-CIO, Mr. Silvers was a law clerk at the Delaware Court of Chancery for Chancellor William T. Allen and Vice-Chancellor Bernard Balick. Mr. Silvers received his J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School. He received his M.B.A. with high honors from Harvard Business School and is a Baker Scholar. Mr. Silvers is a graduate of Harvard College, summa cum laude, and has studied history at Kings College, Cambridge University.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Board Memberships

Ceres Non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership

• Member, Board of Directors

Positions

Chicago Infrastructure Trust Established by City of Chicago to match private investors with public works

• Advisor

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Private nonprofit created in 2002 to oversee auditors of public companies

• standing advisory group member

AFL-CIO Largest labor union federation in the US

• Associate counsel

Government Positions

Congressional Oversight Panel

• Member (Oct 3 '08→?)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

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Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• 3 contributions · 4,200 USD ('08→Nov 2 '08)

Elizabeth Warren US Senator from Massachusetts; Harvard law professor; Chair of Congressional Oversight Panel; 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 1 contribution · 2,500 USD ('12)

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates

• 6 contributions · 2,500 USD ('04→Oct 9 '14)

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('08→Oct 28 '12)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD ('04)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

• 2 contributions · 1,250 USD ('10→'12)

Jamie Raskin US Representative from Maryland; former Professor of Constitutional Law, the First Amendment, Legislative Process and Law of the Political Process, American University, Washington College of Law

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Jun 28 '15)

Obama Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Nov 2 '08)

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Committee to elect Democratic Congressmembers

• 1 contribution · 500 USD (Oct 24 '10)

Alison Lundergan Grimes former Kentucky Secretary of State

• 2 contributions · 500 USD (Oct 9 '14)

Schools

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• Undergraduate

Harvard Business School

• MBA

Harvard Law School

• JD