Nikki Silvestri

Nikki Silvestri is the CEO of Soil and Shadow, a consulting firm for social and environmental entrepreneurs, that guides thousands of leaders and organizations in a conversation at the intersection of ecology, economy, and social equity.
An internationally recognized thought leader and speaker, Nikki is the recipient of the Root’s 100 Most Inluential Arican Americans, ELLE Magazine’s “Gold” Award, and OxFam America’s “Act Local, Think Global” Award. Nikki serves in Environmental Protection Agency negotiations, as a board member for Greenpeace USA, a Board Co-Chair- Business Alliance of Local Living Economies (BALLE), and a Faculty Member at the Food Business School. She currently lives in Oakland with her husband, son, and daughter.