Meet the Team
US TEAM
Mike Silva
President
Delight Silva Abbott
Executive Assistant to Mike Silva
Harold Velasquez
Vice President, U.S. Operations
Bianca Yankee
Assistant to Harold Velasquez
& Serve Team Coordinator
& Serve Team Coordinator
Paula Shadrach
Business & Events Manager
Evelyn Hartwell
Assistant to Business & Events Manager
Becky Hamilton
Bookkeeper
Kristianna Silva Fisher
Communications Manager
Shari Langford
Office Manager
Lindalynn Spath
Office Assistant
Erica Jackson
Local Festival Operations Manager
SPANISH WORLD TEAM
Bayron Lechuga
Vice President, International Operations
Taty Lechuga
Office Coordinator
Jimmy Acevedo
Creative Director
Cori Acevedo
Director of Related Events
Gerardo Aparicio
International Director of Festivals
Yira Aparicio
Local Office Coordinator
Nelson and Yamileth Bojorge
Coordinators of Social Projects and Serve Team
Raynier Corea
Media Collaborator
Heriberto Gutierrez
Logistic and Church Relations Director
Sandra Lechuga
Executive Assistant to Festival’s Director
Pilar Morales
Production and Logistics Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Howard “Butch” Wilson (Chairman)
Agent, State Farm Insurance (Retired)
Livermore, CA
Bill Borland
Executive Pastor, New Community Church
Maple Valley, WA
Pat Davis
President, Pat Davis Inc.
Amarillo, TX
Rev. Al Egg
Servant, Beyond Victory Ministries
Portland, OR
Ruben Guajardo
Pastor, Casa del Rey Church
Albuquerque, NM
Fred Hess
Physician
Danville, PA
Rick Hetherington
CEO, Dana Sign and Graphics Group
Bend, OR
Dale Jamison
Physician
Brentwood, TN
Eddie Johnson
Pastor, Southeast Christian Church
Lanesville, IN
David Lazo
Pastor
Colorado Springs, CO
Mike Martin
Business Owner
Albany, OR
Efrain Pineda
Pastor, Vida Church
Amarillo, TX
Haywood Robinson
Physician
College Station, TX
Mike Silva
President, Mike Silva International
Portland, OR
Jess Strickland
Pastor, Living Hope Fellowship
Aloha, OR
EUROPE & AFRICA TEAM
Rev. Enrique Montenegro
Director of Spanish Speaking Europe and Africa Festivals
