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Dr. Silverman brings over 15 years of experience in Family Wealth Preservation, Family Business Consultation, Succession Planning, Corporate and Family Governance including Boards of Directors, Family Councils and Family Protocols both nationally and internationally. He has consulted to family businesses from startup to multi-nationals, from first through fifth generations, and from three to over 10,000 employees.  He specializes in working with complex family systems of over 25 family shareholders, and in integrating the needs of different generations into clear succession and governance structures.  He has worked with families in many countries particularly in Latin America.  For example, in Colombia he consulted to such companies as El Tiempo and Corona on such issues as conflict resolution, corporate and family governance, and development of Family Council.  He has innovated models of bringing three generations together towards common goals as well as a Conflict Resolution Models for “warring family shareholders”.

 Dr. Silverman has published over 30 articles on Succession Planning, Leadership, Communication and Governance in Family Business.  His work and expertise as a resource has been featured in dozens of national and international magazines and newspapers, such as:  Dinero, Nation’s Business, So. Florida CEO, The Miami Herald, Industrial Distribution, Life Association News, and many others.   A frequent seminar speaker, he has given over 70 seminars on the topics of Family Business, Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution, Leadership and Change Management.  He currently serves as “Professional in Residence” to Florida International University’s Center for Family Business.  He is a regular columnist for “Dinero” magazine, and serves as a Family Business Consultant to various family businesses dealing with issues of succession, corporate and family governance, conflict resolution, as well as developing family offices and sustaining family wealth. 

Dr. Silverman received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration in 1975, a master’s degree in Family Systems, and his Ph.D. in Organization Development, specializing in Family Business, from American Commonwealth University.  He studied with some of the founders of the field of Organization Development and Family Business Consultation. He served on the Board of Advisors to the Association of Organization Development of Latin America, and as President of the International Organization Development Association for nine years.  He presented some of the first seminars on Family Business in Chile, Thailand, Mexico, Colombia and Peru.