David A Silver is the Former Director of Education for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf; Founder of Oakland Promise; Co-Creater (with Schaaf) of the $50MM Generation Fund; Co-Founder of OaklandUndivided: Co-creator and former Chair of the Northern CA College Promise Coalition. He began his career in Teach for America (Bunche Elementary in Compton Unified) moving up to the position of School Director Teach for America.