Third Act Connecticut Coordinating Committee welcomes Bill Silva who has stepped in to co-facilitate the Defending Democracy Team with Joe Sullivan.
A resident of West Hartford, Bill is a former teacher and school administrator, including serving as principal of Farmington High School. He is Director of Center for Leadership and Learning at the Connecticut Association of Schools.
A graduate of Amherst College and Yale University where he earned a Ph.D., Silva was a social studies teacher and department chair at Berlin High School for 20 years. In 2010, Silva was named the Milken Family Foundation national Educator of the Year.