Madison Silvert is the sixth President and first lay leader of Brescia University in Owensboro, KY. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Centre College, and then earned his Juris Doctor and special certification in regulatory law and policy from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 2001. Madison then went into private practice for six years, first in Louisville, and then returning to Owensboro in 2003 where he served as head counsel for the Owensboro Metropolitan Planning and Zoning Commission for eight years. In 2007, he joined the Economic Development Corporation as its first Vice President of Entrepreneurship and High Tech Development. In 2013, Madison was named President and CEO of GO-EDC. In 2017 Madison went on to become President of BryantCorp, a national real estate and hospitality development and management company where he served on the Hampton by Hilton Owner’s Council. Madison is also an Urban Planner, having passed the comprehensive planning exam, giving him the designation of a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners. Madison is the Chair of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Committee on Colleges board of directors, and is a former member of the Real Estate Advisory Council for the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
With his wife Amy, he has three children: Emma, Lilly and John Crawford.