Basha Silverman, Chief Executive Officer of JFS Delaware, has an exemplary career of over 20 years in non-profit social services and Jewish communal service. Prior to joining JFS, Basha was the Vice President of Strategic Expansion at Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Philadelphia where she was responsible for driving the Agency’s program development and visions for growth.

A native Delawarean, Basha has deep personal and professional connections in the First State. She is founder of Delaware’s first coalition aimed at designing a gender specific, health focused response to victims of trauma, and has developed programs for HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and mental health in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Basha is also responsible for implementing Delaware’s first sterile syringe access program. She was named 2013 Power Woman of the Year by Main Line Magazine and one of Delaware Today’s 2019 Women in Business. Basha is a graduate of Brandywine High School, University of Delaware, and Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She and her husband Jesse have two daughters, Noa and Mira.