Jordana is Director of the Texas Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Broadband Coalition — a cross-sector network of local partners working to create the sustainable digital ecosystem South Texas needs for an inclusive and vibrant economic future. Her work is dedicated to supporting low-income and rural communities to fully participate in the digital economy in a way that promotes economic development, health equity, workforce development, educational equity, access to financial services, and entrepreneurship.
Jordana previously served as Vice President of Community Investments at Methodist Healthcare Ministries, where she introduced a new area of grantmaking for digital inclusion and health equity. In its first two years, MHM contributed approximately $25 million to organizations in South Texas to close the digital divide. Prior to MHM Jordana served as Senior Advisor for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, where she supported the Federal Reserve System’s economic growth objectives and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). As a community development officer, her work included economic research, community development finance and philanthropy, as well as training financial institutions and federal banking regulators. Her career at the Federal Reserve was preceded by distinguished service in community development banking and finance at Capital One Bank, and as a nonprofit leader in the expansion of microfinance in the US with Accion Texas, now LIFT Fund.
Jordana serves on the Statewide Working Group of the Texas Broadband Development Office. In 2024 she became a Media Democracy Fund Unicorn Fellow for her advocacy in broadband policy and community broadband. In 2018, she received the “Federal Broadband Policy Champion Award” from the Coalition for Local Internet Choice and the “Community Broadband Hero Award” from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. In 2020, she was named, “Salud Hero” (health hero) by Salud America, a program of UT Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and was inducted into the San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame. Jordana has written numerous publications which have contributed to the fields of community development and digital inclusion.
Jordana grew up in the rural South Texas community of Benavides. She holds an MPA from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.