Kristen Silverberg
Kristen Silverberg is a Senior Resident Fellow and the COO of Vorbeck Materials, a nanotechnology company in Maryland. Before joining GMF, she served as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. From 2005 to 2008, she served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. She previously held a number of positions in the White House, including Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Chief of Staff. In 2003, she served as a Senior Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer in Baghdad, Iraq.
Ambassador Silverberg formerly practiced law at Williams and Connolly, LLP in Washington, D.C. She was a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge David Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals. She graduated from Harvard College and the University of Texas School of Law. She serves on the Boards of Vorbeck Materials and the American College of Greece and on the Advisory Boards of United Against Nuclear Iran and America Abroad Media. She was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader of 2009. She received the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service and an award from the University of Texas for Outstanding Young Alums.
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