In October 2019, he was hired to be the Executive Director of [[Atheist Alliance International]] (AAI)<ref>[https://www.atheistalliance.org/presidents-corner/david-p-silverman-appointed-executive-director/?fbclid=IwAR2F4FI62mvegNVY_eRqfd3jGrZu0D_FYuzqr3QiPnS-RutuBGG1qYhiCw4 David P. Silverman Appointed Executive Director]</ref> In December 2019, the atheist blogger David G. McAfee reported that David Silverman has been suspended by AAI pending an investigation into an alleged inappropriate touching incident.<ref>[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2019/12/david-silverman-suspended-pending-investigation-into-touching-incident/ David Silverman Suspended Pending Investigation Into Touching Incident]</ref> See: [[Atheist Alliance International's hiring of David Silverman]]
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The atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote about the hiring of David Silverman the organization Atheist Alliance International:
The atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote about the hiring of David Silverman the organization Atheist Alliance International:
{{Cquote|The recent decision by Atheist Alliance International (AAI) to hire the former leader of American Atheists, David Silverman, to its executive director position is yet another indication that this business-as-usual rehab strategy also applies to movement atheism, which can be just as corrupt, cronyistic, and swaggeringly hostile to women as corporate America.<ref>[https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/10/14/hiring-of-accused-atheist-leader-is-reminder-that-metoo-is-still-needed-in-organized-atheism/ Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism] by Sikivu Hutchinson, Rewire News</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The recent decision by Atheist Alliance International (AAI) to hire the former leader of American Atheists, David Silverman, to its executive director position is yet another indication that this business-as-usual rehab strategy also applies to movement atheism, which can be just as corrupt, cronyistic, and swaggeringly hostile to women as corporate America.<ref>[https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/10/14/hiring-of-accused-atheist-leader-is-reminder-that-metoo-is-still-needed-in-organized-atheism/ Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism] by Sikivu Hutchinson, Rewire News</ref>}}