About David and Lyn Silfen

David Silfen, senior director of The Goldman Sachs Group, has been a Penn Trustee since 1998 and is completing his term as chair of the Trustee Development Committee. He serves on the Trustee Executive Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee, the Nominating Committee,and the Investment Committee. He is also an overseer of the School of Arts and Sciences.

David and his wife, Lyn, are the parents of Jane Silfen, C'07, and Adam Silfen, C'98, WG'03. Longtime supporters of undergraduate education, they previously funded two Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) University Professorships, the Silfen Student Study Center, a term professorship, and the David and Lyn Silfen Fund in the School of Arts and Sciences, to support the Pilot Curriculum.