Roger D. Silk, Ph.D.

Roger D. Silk Ph.D. is co-founder and CEO of Sterling Foundation Management, LLC.  

Dr. Silk is one of the nation’s foremost experts in the area of applying solutions from the philanthropic world to the problems facing all high net worth families. Under his leadership, Sterling continues to evangelize philanthropic solutions to the entire high net worth world, not just to the charitably inclined, but even to people who previously didn’t realize how charitable tools could help them. Dr. Silk has more than three decades of experience working with high net worth families and their advisors.

He has appeared on numerous podcasts, and is regularly quoted in the financial and popular press, where he has been featured by media including CBS, CNN, US News, WTOP, CEO World, Supermoney, Yahoo Finance, Business Insider and Authority Magazine.

Dr. Silk is the author of several books, including The Investor’s Dilemma Decoded (Wiley, 2024), Politicians Spend, We Pay (Sterling Lifetime Press, 2022), Managing Foundations and Charitable Trusts (Bloomberg Press, 2011), and Creating a Private Foundation (Bloomberg Press, 2003). He has published dozens of articles that have appeared in periodicals such as Estate Planning, Philanthropy, the Journal of Financial Planning and Trusts & Estates, and he is a frequent contributor to the blog, Sterling Insights.

Dr. Silk holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Applied Economics from Stanford University, as well as a B.A. in Economics (with distinction). He earned his CFA in 1990.