Beth Silverman Kotis has spent more than three decades living and working in countries around the world (nine in total) as part of a Foreign Service family. Her work spans more than 30 years leading major communications efforts and international programs in government and the private sector, founding an organization, as well as participating in volunteer non-profit work and serving on the board of two international schools.
Now living full-time in the U.S., Beth currently works for the Massachusetts Judiciary as Senior Communications Manager in the Executive Office of the Trial Court. In this role, she leads internal and public-facing communications efforts for the Trial Court’s 6,400 judges and employees. She’s proud of her efforts directing a major branding initiative that reinforces and promotes the mission of the Court and builds public trust and confidence in the court system; developing a social media strategy that led to the launch of the Court’s presence on social media; and co-chairing the court’s signature judicial outreach program, National Judicial Outreach Month, to educate students and communities across the Commonwealth about the importance of the courts in upholding the Rule of Law.
Prior to this, Beth held various positions at U.S. Consulates and Embassies in Montreal, New Delhi, London, and Budapest. She was the Community Liaison Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Montreal; spent time as Assistant to the Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at Embassy New Delhi; was Special Assistant for Olympic Coordination at Embassy London in the run up to and during the London 2012 Olympics; and was Special Assistant to the Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Budapest (2007-2010).
While living in India from 2013-2015, Beth helped build a large-scale volunteer movement demanding action on air pollution, creating one of the first grassroots websites on this issue at the time. She worked with a team to recruit leading scientists, policy advocates, and others to join our NGO as co-founders and board members.
Earlier in her career, Beth worked as a consultant for the Financial Services Volunteer Corps, Chemonics International, and the Global Business Policy Council, global management consulting firm Kearney’s strategic think tank.
Beth proudly participated in Sherman’s second EPIIC Colloquium and Symposium “The Future of the West Bank and Gaza,” and believes the issues and topics discussed more than 36 years ago (in 1987) remain as crucial and topical as ever.
Beth has a BA in International Relations from Tufts and a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Beth is married to Samuel Kotis and they have two children, Sarah, a 2017 Tufts grad, and Ben, who has many talents but did not go to Tufts.