Our Chair

Joy Silver, first elected in November 2022 to serve out a vacated position is now serving her second term as Chair of the Riverside County Democratic Party. A former Vice President of Democratic Women of the Desert, she ran as the CA State Party endorsed Candidate for State Senate in 2018, where the GOP candidate only won by 3%.

She is a founder of the activist group Courageous Resistance-Indivisible of the Desert, fighting for equality, equity and inclusion in the wake of the 45th president’s election. Joy is a guest host monthly on The Snowstorm with Nicholas Snow and was the host of a radio show and podcast OutSpoken, with producer John McMullen, taking on the challenges of our times.

Joy Silver has over 40 years of experience in executive management, healthcare, affordable housing, senior living, community planning and business and economic development, serving underserved communities. From 1997 until 2011, as a CEO and visionary she developed, planned and found financing for LGBT senior living communities in multi-states. She became a California state licensed senior care administrator and ran senior care residences for Merrill Gardens. Prior to moving west, she was Chief Strategy Officer of a New York City Women’s Reproductive Medical Center, where she led a team of medical professionals and support staff in providing quality comprehensive care to more than 40,000 patients each year.

Today, she is the Chief Strategy Officer and Regional Director, Southern California, for Community Housing Opportunities Corporation (CHOC). CHOC is an affordable housing developer that has delivered needed services to thousands of low-income individuals and families and headquartered in Fairfield, California and Palm Springs, CA.