North Coast Communications delivers a full-service, end-to-end agency experience with the customization and personalization of a consultancy. We help organizations, projects, programs, and people plan, implement, and optimize their digital public relations and communications. I am building a full-service digital public relations and communications consultancy serving public, private, and non-profit clients through strategic communications, media relations, outreach, and digital PR services and consultation. I am responsible for every business function, including strategy, service delivery, client relations, hiring and management, internal development, billing, accounting, vendor coordination, marketing, and tax and legal compliance. North Coast Communications is a registered Federal government contractor experienced in related business development practices, including capture, RFP review, discovery, teaming, bid preparation and submission, performance, and contract management.

I provided communications, technical assistance, management, and research and evaluation services to Federal government agencies as a consultant at Manhattan Strategy Group from May 2014 to October 2020. Provided communications and digital strategy consultation on over 12 different U.S. Federal projects and clients (E.g., Education, Labor, USDA, HHS, and USTDA).Supported business development, bid and grant development, technical strategy, and submission efforts, and supported related staffing, interviewing, hiring, and training responsibilities.Led internal communications on numerous corporate initiatives (MSG Core Values, MSG Cares, etc.) and events. Communications Specialist – U.S. Department of Education, Charter School Programs, National Charter School Resource CenterCommunications Specialist - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE); Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) Resource CollectionStrategic Communications Specialist - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), LINCS Professional Development Center

Project Coordinator - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Family Day Care Homes Meal Claims Feasibility Study Social Media Manager - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families (ACF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and FamiliesProject Manager - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Career Pathways ExchangeCommunications Specialist – U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Integrated English Language and Civics Education (IELCE)Communications Specialist – U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Technical Support Services for Education Innovation and Research (EIR) & Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) GranteesCommunications Specialist - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE), Advancing Equity in Career and Technical EducationCommunications Specialist – U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Career Pathways Toolkit and Technical Assistance

Research Analyst - U.S. Trade and Development Agency, USTDA Program Evaluation

Research Analyst - U.S. Trade and Development Agency, USTDA Program Evaluation

I helped manage communications and outreach, fundraising, programs, events, strategic planning, and relationship-building and helped lead administrative and clerical tasks in support of a 501(c)3 NGO.Led grant and partnership development, legal, and financial/book-keeping functions and collaborated with event, fundraising, and strategic planning efforts.Liaised with international stakeholders, U.S. and foreign diplomats, and thinktank professionals to organize events and produce and disseminate informational resources and policy.Supported executive leadership in public engagements, providing media training, speech writing, and talking points.

I provided international foreign policy analysis and U.S. foreign policy consultation to Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and helped prepare Senator for U.S. SFRC hearings and public speaking engagements.

I provided consultation on International affairs, U.S. and Pakistan foreign policy, media analysis and monitoring, communication and public relation services, and research and analysis.Managed daily news media briefs and monthly newsletter production and distribution to high-level audience. Effectively built and leveraged relationships with press, diplomats, congressional staffers, and other policy influencers in support of messaging and communications strategies and dissemination.

David Silverman used spoken and written Mandarin Chinese language skills to provide research and communication consulting services in support of an international research project on intellectual property rights and human resources development practices within the relevant government offices in China, Japan, and South Korea.

David Silverman supported Joshua Kurlantzick, CFR Southeast Asia Fellow, by performing research and analysis, data collection, and writing and editing tasks on U.S.-Southeast Asian history, geopolitics, and contemporary political, economic, and security relations.

David Silverman supported Bonnie Glaser, CSIS Senior Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies, by performing research and analysis, data collection, and writing and editing tasks on projects and initiatives relating to China and U.S.-China relations.

David Silverman helped design and develop a marketing portfolio of firm research and analytic services for private-sector clients and supported survey research analysis examining media consumption landscapes in foreign countries.

David Silverman updated, wrote, and disseminated briefs on China’s tax and legal regime and business structures, networked with Shanghai business community events, and joined and supported colleagues on business development engagements, using Mandarin Chinese language skills.

David Silverman helped recruit corporate donor funding and created marketing materials supporting international health and education NGO.

David Silverman served as the Head Teacher at Shanghai franchise, overseeing the hiring, training, and supervision of over two-dozen full-time and part-time staff serving several hundred English-language learners and organizing and facilitating teaching workshops, business meetings, and associated programs.

David Silverman continued his undergraduate studies in Dr. Kathleen Kantak’s behavioral neuropsychology laboratory as a Lab Technician, contributing data to publications, serving as a second author on an article published in a peer-reviewed academic journal, and helping colleagues conduct, analyze, and draft their research results.