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Together for Hope names first Vice President for Tribal Nations, Texas, and Four Corners
Jackson, MS--September 15, 2026. On September 15, 2026, Diego Silva became the first TFH Regional Vice President for the Tribal Nations, Texas, and Four Corners (TNT4C) region. Silva brings more than 13 years of experience at the intersection of family strengthening, economic development, and public policy.
The TNT4C vice presidency is a new position. Together for Hope has worked across Texas, the Four Corners, and tribal nations for more than two decades, and Silva becomes the first person to lead that region as vice president, joining counterparts in the Delta, the Black Belt, and Appalachia.
Silva has built his career across Texas and eight countries, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, and Ethiopia. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and a Bachelor of Arts from Baptist University of the Americas, and is trilingual in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
His work has centered on initiatives that pair family-centered care with economic solutions, including Benefits Cliff navigation, asset building, entrepreneurial support, and job pipelines. He also serves as President of EduK, which advances early-childhood development across Latin America. Silva’s government relations work has carried him from the Texas Capitol to Washington, D.C. He is a Founding Fellow of the USDA’s inaugural Faith and Opportunity Fellowship, has served as President of the Texas Christian Community Development Network, and has served as policy advisor to numerous foundations.
In a statement on his new role, Silva said:
“I’m honored to join Together for Hope as Regional Vice President for the TNT4C region: Tribal Nations, Texas, and the Four Corners.
“Across 338 counties in the richest country in the history of the modern world, families have lived with poverty that has persisted for 30 to 60 years. Not because the people there lack strength. Because the nation has overlooked them. This region is not a deficit to be managed. It is home to some of the most resilient, faithful, hardworking people I have ever known, with languages, cultures, and traditions that run generations deep.
“In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, it’s a border culture that has held onto faith, family, and bilingual heritage for generations, often with almost nothing handed to it. In the Four Corners and across tribal nations, it’s a sovereignty and a connection to land that predates the country itself, carrying wisdom this nation still has much to learn from. In Oklahoma, it’s a spirit forged through displacement and resilience, communities that have rebuilt more than once and know how to do it again. In the Dakotas, it’s the quiet endurance of farming and ranching families who have weathered droughts, market collapses, and decades of being forgotten, and are still standing. Their labor helped build this country’s wealth in the first place, and it’s time we said so plainly.
“I believe every person carries a creative capacity that deserves to be recognized, not pitied. The way forward isn’t importing solutions from outside. It’s investing in the assets, wisdom, and leadership already present in these communities. That conviction is why Together for Hope’s asset-based approach matters to me, and why I couldn’t be more excited to learn from and stand alongside an extraordinarily talented and passionate team already doing this work with integrity.
“It’s time to change the narrative on rural America. It’s time to lift up the right voices and the right leaders, the people who have always known what their communities need. This isn’t a campaign with an end date. It’s a covenant commitment, and an invitation to join a national movement to end persistent poverty for good.
“If you know this region, its people, its churches, its leaders, I want to hear from you. Join the coalition. Let’s rebuild together.
“I’m deeply grateful for my wife and family for joining me on this wonderful journey these last 16 years. None of this is possible without them.”
Rev. Dr. Jason Coker, President of Together for Hope, is enthusiastic about Silva joining the TNT4C team. “I am so excited to have Diego on our team. He brings deep networks across Texas and an indelible spirit. We are better with him counted among our numbers. I am particularly interested in how his experience at the intersection of affordable housing and partnership with the USDA will help us quickly scale our work throughout Tribal Nations, Texas, and the Four Corners.”
Silva lives in Georgetown, Texas, with his wife, Gabriela, and their two sons, and he describes this work as an extension of his own family’s story of migration, rebuilding, and dissent. You can read more of his bio on our website.
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