Mitchell A. Silk is an author, lawyer, public servant and community leader whose career spans Wall Street, Washington, Asia, and Latin America. Mr. Silk is a veteran Big Law partner, former Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary for International Markets of the U.S. Treasury Department and the first Chassidic Jew to be confirmed by the Senate for a senior Administration role. He is a scion of Nadvorna Chassidim and student of Grand Rabbi Shloime Leifer, the Nadvorna Rebbe shlita, has toiled with a team of seasoned Torah scholars and translators for nearly three decades to bring the messages of the complete Kedushas Levi and Ma’amer Mordechai to the English-speaking world, as well as the tales and lore of the first Nadvorna Rebbe, the Rebbe R' Mordchele, in the book Upwards.