Dave Silverman has been an Atheist since he was 6 years old, and began debating religion in high school. When he was 30, his mother finally realized it was more than "just a phase".

After attending a protest in 1997 he decided to become an activist and soon thereafter was appointed the NJ State Director of American Atheists. After four years in that position, he was asked to take on the role he serves today, as National Spokesperson. In this role he has appeared on such shows as Paula Zahn Now, The O'reilly Factor, Hannity and Colms, Fox News, Scarborough Country, Nick News, and It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle, where he met Bill Devlin for the first time. He also regularly appears in major newspapers and radio shows and runs the No God Blog for American Atheists.

Dave is also an accomplished inventor with 74 patents, holds degrees in Marketing and Computer Science, and has published several articles on the American Atheists magazine, as well as the cover story for Inventors’ Digest.

Married to a religious Jew for 15 years, Dave has an 8-year-old daughter who has already beaten him in a fair-and-square debate.