Rich Silverstein is Co-Chairman and a Creative Director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.

Early life

Rich grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York

Yorktown Heights, New York

Yorktown Heights is a census-designated place in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Yorktown Heights is located at ....

. After graduating from the Parsons School of Design

Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons The New School For Design, known colloquially as Parsons, is the art and design college of The New School university. It is located in New York City's Greenwich Village, and has produced artists and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Dean and Dan Caten, Norman Rockwell, Donna Karan, Jane...

 in New York City, he moved to San Francisco. Rich worked in one-year increments as an art director for Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 magazine, Bozell & Jacobs, McCann-Erickson

McCann Erickson

McCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network, with offices in more than 130 countries. McCann is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies, one of the four large holding companies in the advertising industry....

, Foote, Cone & Belding and Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather is an international advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Manhattan and owned by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries with approximately 16,000 employees.-History:...

, where he met Jeff Goodby.

Career success

Rich has won industry awards such as One Show Pencils and Cannes Lions, and along with his partner Jeff Goodby

Jeff Goodby

Jeff Goodby is an American advertising executive. He is among the co-founders and serves as co-chair of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco. Goodby is also a director and illustrator whose work has appeared in Time and Mother Jones....

, he’s been named Creative Director of the Year by AdWeek Magazine and has been chosen to join AdWeek's National Creative All-Star Team. In 2002, he was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame , and in 2004, into The One Club Creative Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was honored to receive the CLIO Lifetime Achievement award.

Hobbies

He served for fifteen years on the board of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. He currently serves on the board of Specialized Bicycles

Specialized Bicycle Components

Specialized Bicycle Components, more commonly known simply as Specialized, is a major American brand of bicycles and related products. It was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard and is based in Morgan Hill, California-History:...

 and the United States Cycling Federation

USA Cycling

USA Cycling or USAC, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the national governing body for bicycle racing in the United States. It covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX and collegiate racing...

, along with their development committee . He helped launch racing's American Formula One Team. Rich also blogs for The Huffington Post.