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Mitch Silber
International Affairs Building, 13th Floor
Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
mds2105@columbia.edu
Biography:
Mitch Silber served as the Director of Intelligence Analysis for the NYPD Intelligence Division between 2007 and 2012. From 2005 to 2007 he served as a special assistant to the Deputy Commissioner of the Intelligence Division. As part of his responsibilities, he supervised the analysis of all of terrorism related investigations within the Intelligence Division and managed both the Analytic and Cyber Units.
Mitch is the co-author of the 2007 NYPD report - Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat. He has presented on behalf of the NYPD at the White House, National Security Council, CIA, FBI, National Counterterrorism Center and testified before the U.S. Senate. Mitch is a visiting lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where he teaches a course on Modern Urban Counterterrorism. Mitch serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board at SIPA and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of the The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West, published in December 2011 by University of Pennsylvania Press.
Prior to joining the NYPD, Mitch completed Columbia University's Masters Program in International Affairs where he specialized in security policy and Middle East studies. Before earning his Masters Degree at Columbia, Mitch spent nine years in corporate finance as a partner at The Carson Group and as a principal at Evolution Capital, LLC.
Mitch is currently the Executive Managing Director for Intelligence and Analytic Solutions at K2 Intelligence.