Mimi Silbert

Mimi Halper Silbert serves as the Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of the Delancey Street Foundation, a residential educational community that provides ex-felons, prostitutes, substance abusers, and others with academic, vocational, and social skills. Silbert was the developer of Delancey Street's headquarters, which houses 500 residents as well as of retail, educational, and recreational facilities.

Silbert was born in Boston, MA in 1942. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Massachusetts (1963), and master's (1965) and doctorate degrees (1968) in counseling psychology and criminology from UC Berkeley.

As the head of Delancey Street Foundation, Silbert oversees the enterprises staffed by Delancey Street residents, which include a moving company, restaurants and catering, a screening room, and other businesses.

Silbert has been awarded 10 honorary doctorate degrees, including Brandeis (2006),UMass (1995), Golden Gate University (1997), and San Francisco State University (1993). She was awarded UC Berkeley’s Alumni of the Year in 1991.

Silbert has also been recognized and honored by federal, state, and municipal leaders. Silbert has received official mentions during sessions of the United States Senate and the United States Congress by Senator Dianne Feinstein,Senator Barbara Boxer, and Congressmember Mel Levine. Silbert has received six mayoral proclamations of “Mimi Silbert Days” in San Francisco, most recently in 2008. She was awarded the first Minerva Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 from former California First Lady Maria Shriver. In 2014, the California Museum inducted Silbert into the California Hall of Fame. Also in 2014, the Port of San Francisco designated a stretch of sidewalk along the San Francisco Bay the "Mimi Silbert Pathway."

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