Shari Silberstein
First name:
Shari
Last name:
Silberstein
Role in EJUSA:
Staff
Position:
Executive Director
E-mail:
sharis [at] ejusa [dot] org
Phone:
(718) 801-8942
Staff location:
National Office staff
Photo:
Why contact this staff member?:
Shari is the one to talk to about overall organizational issues and direction, our board, finances, or national strategy.
As the longest-running employee of EJUSA, Shari is the vision behind EJUSA’s overall direction and within the broader national movement. She served as a key member of the teams that repealed the death penalty in New Jersey in 2007, ended New York’s death penalty in 2005, and gutted Maryland’s death penalty in 2009. Prior to joining EJUSA in 2000, Shari was Program Director of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center and volunteered with a number of other organizations. She graduated from New York University and has a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She worked as an independent filmmaker in New York City in the mid-90s. She also swing dances and plays the bass.
