Ann Silverman AC ’96 is the wealth area executive for M&T Bank’s Northeast region, overseeing teams that provide Wilmington Trust’s wealth management advice and solutions to business owners, individuals and families. Silverman joined M&T Bank in 2004 as a commercial lender. After M&T acquired Wilmington Trust in 2011, Silverman helped to build and eventually lead Wilmington Trust’s wealth management banking team. She also has participated in M&T’s international program, working for Allied Irish Banks in Dublin. Earlier in her career, Silverman was a project manager and exhibition developer for the Smithsonian—both at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York and Washington, D.C. She now serves on the National Museum of the American Indian’s board of trustees. The recipient of a bachelor’s degree in history from Smith and a master’s degree in finance from Wharton, Silverman is Ojibwe and a member of the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
