Les Silverman, a Director of McKinsey & Company, leads the international management consulting firm’s Nonprofit Practice. This practice supports the Firm’s work with nonprofit service providers, philanthropies, and public sector organizations across McKinsey’s network of 84 offices in 44 countries. This practice also stimulates the development and dissemination of thinking about the nonprofit sector.
Mr. Silverman joined McKinsey in 1982 to help build McKinsey’s energy practice. Since that time, he has been active in electric industry restructuring on a worldwide basis. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Silverman served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1980 to 1981. He also served as Director of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1978 to 1980.
Mr. Silverman holds a Ph.D. in economics and a masters and undergraduate degree in industrial administration – all from Carnegie Mellon University. He has been appointed to committees of the National Academy of Sciences on the future of nuclear power, on natural gas statistics, and on energy R & D to cope with global warming. He has served on the boards of Samaritan Inns and Arena Stage (where he is Vice President).
Mr. Silverman has co-authored more than 30 articles (including pieces in the Harvard Business Review, The McKinsey Quarterly, Leader to Leader, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Electricity Journal, and Public Utilities Fortnightly) and professional papers in the fields of nonprofit management, energy, and economics.
June 2003