Mariko Silver

Mariko Silver
Mariko Silver in 2014
10th President of Bennington College
Assumed office
July 2013
Preceded by Elizabeth Coleman
Senior Advisor to the President, Arizona State University
In office
November 2011 – July 2013
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security
In office
February 2009 – November 2011
Personal details
Spouse(s) Thom Loubet
Education Yale University (BA)
University of Sussex (MSc)
University of California at Los Angeles (PhD)

Dr. Mariko Silver currently serves as the tenth president of Bennington College in Bennington VT. She took office in July 2013 as the successor to Elizabeth Coleman. Silver previously held positions at Arizona State University, the United States Department of Homeland Security, the office of the governor of Arizona, and Columbia University.

Education

Silver attended Yale University from 1995 to 1999 where she received her BA in history. In 2001 She received her Master of Science degree in Science and Technology Policy from Sussex University, and in 2012 she completed her Ph.D. in Economic Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[1] She was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Hofstra University in 2017.[2]

Career

Dr. Silver became president of Bennington College in July 2013. In 2014, she "led the design of a 10-year strategic plan for the college which emphasizes the education and development of the whole student, integration of curricular and co-curricular experiences, and a redesign of Bennington's signature Field Work Term in which every student must pursue a seven-week internship or work experience every year of their undergraduate studies"[3] During her time so far as president, the application pool has grown and the school has become more diverse, both economically and geographically.[3]

In her previous position as a Senior Advisor to the President at Arizona State University, Dr. Silver was involved in what Newsweek called “one of the most radical redesigns in higher learning since the origins of the modern university.”, as well as leading initiatives such as an international collaboration on education design, international teaching partnerships, and more.[4]

During her time at the Department of Homeland Security under the Obama Administration, Silver led the department's office of International Affairs. She worked on projects in international strategy, negotiation, organization, and collaboration on issues such as counter-terrorism, immigration, cyber-security, disaster resilience, and more.[3]

As Policy Advisor for Innovation, Higher Education, and Economic Development to Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Dr. Silver worked on statewide education policy initiatives in areas including "science and technology, innovation policy, economic development and diversification, workforce development, tertiary education, and the creation of a continuum-oriented education system".[3]

Personal life

Dr. Mariko Silver is married to musician Thom Loubet, and they have two children.

Her father, Tony Silver, was a documentary filmmaker[5] and her mother, Joan Shigekawa, is Senior Deputy Chairman at National Endowment for the Arts.[6] In 2016, Silver and her mother both spoke at ArtTable's 23rd Annual Benefit and Award Ceremony in New York.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "www.linkedin.com/in/mariko-silver-1451401/". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Ready to Meet the World | Bennington College Institutional News, May 2017". bennington.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mariko Silver | Bennington College". bennington.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Senior Fellow Mariko Silver Appointed President of Bennington College". Humanity in Action. 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ↑ Grossman, Sara (2013). "Bennington's New President Advocates Internationalism and the Arts". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  6. ↑ "www.linkedin.com/in/joan-shigekawa-0297aa27/". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  7. ↑ "ArtTable". arttable.org. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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