Magdalah Racine-Silva is president, chief executive and co-founder with Daniel Silva of DMS International (Data Management Services), a training and information technology services firm. They incorporated DMS International in 1994 to provide integrated organizational, operational, and technical performance-enhancing services to U.S Federal Government Agencies and commercial clients. Their company has been ranked No. 44 in the Washington Technology Fast 50, No. 280 on the Inc. 500, and No. 24 in the Top 100 Businesses in the Washington Metro Area.
Mrs. Silva was appointed to The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), a non-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the White House, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. She is on the board of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), a national nonpartisan public policy organization advocating on behalf of women business owners and its coalition of 79 business organizations. She was part of the U.S. Department of State delegation to Asia to speak on behalf of women’s economic empowerment as well as a speaker in the Philippines, Mexico, and Panama.
Mrs. Silva is a graduate of the Harvard University Owners and President’s Management Program. She earned her master’s degree in international management from the University of Maryland’s School of International Management and Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Boston University. She has received additional training and education from the business executive programs at the University of Virginia and Georgetown University. She is a mother of two, her parents Fritz and Gladys Racine are known throughout the United States as experts in Haitian Art, and she enjoys karate, tennis and reading biographies.