2015年养老金40：Damon Silvers

养老金和退休保障继续成为AFL-CIO的关键问题达蒙斯·米尔维尔，联盟政策和特别律师总监。“我们在美国有一个长期加速的退休危机，”Silvers，51。“AFL-CIO专注于解决所有工作美国人危机的全部广度的解决方案。”该努力在11月获得了提升，当时劳工部给了各国开发了私营部门工人的退休储蓄计划。Silvers says there’s a growing recognition of the need for new pension models: “There’s been a change over the past five years, where most people familiar with retirement security policy recognize that the conversion to 401(k) savings accounts has not worked and we need to do something different.” Silvers is a die-hard believer in the labor movement. The son of an English teacher and a chemistry professor, he got his first taste of organized labor as an undergrad at Harvard University, when some of his fellow cafeteria workers went on strike; Silvers became part of the negotiating team. He then participated in the South Africa anti-apartheid divestment efforts. After studying history at the U.K.’s University of Cambridge, Silvers worked as a labor organizer before earning a joint JD and MBA from Harvard. He joined the AFL-CIO in 1997. Though pensions are only part of Silvers’ portfolio, they remain a passion, along with the fight for Social Security and health care benefits. Silvers also has a sophisticated understanding of finance theory: He currently serves as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investment advisory committee, the Treasury’s financial research advisory committee and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s standing oversight and investor advisory groups. Even by Washington standards, that’s a lot of committees and a lot of contact with Wall Street. But Silvers understands the importance of capital markets to his members and their retirement savings.