Michael Silberman

Founder & Executive Director | Food Disinfo Lab

Michael Silberman is a leader in strategic communications, advocacy, and emerging technology for social impact. As founder of the Food Disinfo Lab, he develops and tests new ways to counter disinformation and build public support for plant-based food and a more humane and sustainable food system. He has built institutional capacity and centers of excellence at organizations including UNICEF, where he advances responsible AI adoption, and Greenpeace, where he retrofitted digital media and mobilization capabilities across 55 countries. He started his career leading one of the first successful digital grassroots organizing programs in U.S. politics for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.

Michael's work has been recognized by The New Yorker and Wired, and his research on the impacts of technology on the social sector has been published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Georgetown Law Technology Review, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He holds a graduate degree in Technology Law and Policy from Georgetown University Law Center and serves on several nonprofit boards.