Andrea Silbert

Silbert was born in 1963 or 1964 and is from Harwich, Massachusetts.^[1] She earned a B.A. in economics from Harvard College.^[1][2] Following graduation, she worked as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley for two years.^[1][2] In 1988, she worked at a business school in Costa Rica writing case studies and conducting industry research.^[1][3] She also worked with Women's World Banking in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Brazil.^[3] Silbert attended Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School, graduating with a M.B.A. and M.P.A. in 1992.^[4][2]

For two years, Silbert worked with Women's World Banking in Brazil that helped prostitutes and women living in poverty.^[1] In 1995, she cofounded Center for Women & Enterprise, a nonprofit agency with a goal of helping women in business.^[4] Starting with three employees and donated space at Northeastern University, the center had twenty-five employees and over one-hundred volunteers by 2004.^[4] On May 1, 2004, she resigned as its chief executive officer and was succeeded by Donna Good.^[4] Silbert was a Democratic candidate in the 2006 Massachusetts lieutenant governor election, losing in the primaries to Tim Murray.^[5] She ran on a socially progressive platform focused on job creation.^[6] In 2007, she became the first president of the Eos Foundation.^[5][2] For nine years, the foundation was primarily focused on reducing poverty in Greater Boston.^[5] In 2015, she expanded the foundation's mission to improve gender equity in business and higher education.^[5]

Silbert is married to a graphic designer and artist.^[1] They have three children.^[6]