Tammy Silver was first elected to the Governing Board of the Pasadena Area Community College District in March of 2020. She represents Area 4 which includes the central and eastern areas of Pasadena and portions of Temple City and unincorporated San Gabriel. She is proud to have Pasadena City College in her district as well as Temple City High School and Rose City High School.

Silver has worked in the educational supplies industry her whole life, working at her family’s school supply store, Warren’s Educational Supplies and then for the family’s publishing company, American Teaching Aids, now a division of Simon and Schuster. She then started Mari, Inc. which for a time, was one of the largest woman-owned businesses in the United States. Mari, Inc. was a distributor of supplemental reading and language arts materials on the K-12 level. Silver attended the University of Southern California as a Trustee Scholar and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business, entrepreneurship emphasis.

As a Trustee for Pasadena City College, Silver is passionate about supporting student success. To advance student success, she has participated in the statewide Community College Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mentoring and Professional Development Workgroup, the Trustee Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Integration Steering Committee, is a member of the California Community College Trustees Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Town Hall Planning Committee, and lead the creation of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility toolkits for Trustees in the California Community College system. Silver was elected by her fellow California Trustees to the California Community College Trustees Board to represent trustees on systemwide issues. Silver is a member of the California Community Colleges Women’s Caucus and chairs its Program Committee. She was appointed to the Member Communications and Education Committee of the nationwide Association of Community College Trustees. At PCC, she is the chair of the Budget and Audit Committee. The Los Angeles County School Trustee Association named her a 2023-2024 Leader of the Year. In addition, Silver earned the California Excellence in Trusteeship certificate.

A long-time resident of Pasadena, Tammy Silver serves on the South Lake Parking Place Commission for the City of Pasadena and is a member of the Tournament of Roses. She is President-Elect of the Pasadena Rotary Club and President of the National Women’s Caucus of the San Gabriel Valley. Silver lives in Pasadena with her husband and has two adult sons.