Stephen Silberstein

Stephen M. Silberstein served as the first president of Innovative Interfaces Inc., the world’s leading supplier of computer software for the automation of college and city libraries. Innovative’s software is used by libraries in almost every state of the U.S. and in 40 other countries. Mr. Silberstein sold his interest in the company in 2001 and now devotes his time to philanthropic and civic matters. Before founding Innovative, Mr. Silberstein worked in the administration of the University of California, Berkeley, where he also taught in the Computer Science Department. He is a life member of the American Library Association and serves on the boards of Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation, The University of California Berkeley Foundation, and the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy. Mr. Silberstein is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a B.A. in economics and a master’s degree in library science. He also earned a master’s degree in econometrics from the University of Stockholm, Sweden.