Dr. Charles Silverstein, Ph.D.

Interim Dean, Member of the Academic VA’AD

Charles “Chuck” Silverstein, PhD (he/him), is on leave from the ALEPH Board where he was also the Treasurer, and Chair of the Finance and Governance Committees. After retiring from a successful career as a fixed-income institutional investor, he earned an MA in Conscious Evolution at The Graduate Institute for Holistic Studies and a PhD in Transformative Studies at the California Institute for Integral Studies. He is the former Executive Vice President at The Graduate Institute of Holistic Studies where he was also the Academic Director of the MA program in Consciousness Studies and Transpersonal Psychology. His experience at the school included founding and directing the Coaching with Spirit training, accredited by the International Coaching Federation. Since the late 1990s, Chuck has been steeped in the traditions and practices of the Jewish Renewal movement. He attended retreats at Elat Chayyim and has attended all Kallah gatherings since 2013. He is a graduate of the Nondual Kabbalistic Healing program and the Age-ing to Sage-ing Legacy program.