Michael Silberman

Michael Silberman is the founder of the Food Disinfo Lab, an organization dedicated to accelerating the transition to a healthy, just and sustainable food system. The Lab identifies emerging threats and coordinates campaigns to counter disinformation and influence policy, opinion, and culture. He also guides nonprofit, philanthropic, and private sector organizations worldwide to scale their impact through emerging technologies and systems change strategies. At UNICEF, Michael is growing the NGO's capacity to leverage data for decision-making through the responsible use of AI, big data, machine learning and spatial data science. At Greenpeace, Michael established a center of excellence that transformed the organization's digital advocacy, organizing, communications, and influencing capabilities across 55 countries.

Michael's work has been recognized by The New Yorker, Newsweek, and Wired. His research focuses on the impacts of repressive technologies, such as digital surveillance and disinformation, on human rights and democracy. He serves on several nonprofit boards and developed and taught a graduate course on digital-era advocacy at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs. Michael started his career leading the first successful digital grassroots organizing program in U.S. politics for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.