Enrique Silva

Enrique R. Silva is Chief Program Officer (CPO) at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. He leads the development of the Institute’s overall strategic program and coordinates workplans from across the Institute’s impact areas and centers. Silva is responsible for the identification and oversight of new initiatives that leverage the Institute’s resources and expand its presence globally. In addition, he leads the Institute’s programs in Africa, co-directs the Institute’s Masters in Land Policy with Spain’s National University of Distance Education, and assists in the development of projects in Latin America. Silva teaches courses on land policy and urban at Harvard. Prior to his arrival at the Lincoln Institute, Silva was an assistant professor of city planning at Boston University. Silva holds a PhD in city and regional planning from the University of California-Berkeley, an MS in planning from the University of Toronto, and a BA in political science from Columbia University.