Noni Ramos is Chief Executive Officer of Housing Trust Silicon Valley. Housing Trust is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) working across the 14-county greater Bay Area. Since its inception in 2000, Housing Trust has invested over $522 million to create and preserve nearly 25,000 affordable homes across the region. As the principal executive of the organization, she provides strategic leadership, oversees all day-to-day operations, and serves as the company’s primary spokesperson. Noni’s impressive background spans close to 30 years working in the affordable housing field. She is driven to do this work because she knows first-hand how affordable housing can change the trajectory of one’s life and that if each of us decides to make a difference, together there is nothing we can’t accomplish.
Under Noni’s leadership, Housing Trust has continued to use transformative housing finance and public and private partnerships to create more equitable and affordable communities. Housing Trust’s TECH Fund is a prime example of how varied stakeholders can partner for greater impact. The Fund is an investment vehicle designed to enable philanthropic organizations and large employers to be part of the affordable housing solution. Housing Trust’s work with the Google and Apple affordable housing funds is another approach which enables Housing Trust to fund the creation of more homes in our communities.
Prior to joining Housing Trust, Noni was at Enterprise Community Loan Fund as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, where she oversaw the lending, credit and risk management, finance, and administration functions.
Noni currently serves as board chair of the California Coalition for Community Investment, a coalition of cross-sector CDFIs working in California. She is also a board member of the NPH Action Fund, Mercy Community Capital, Community HousingWorks, SPUR San Jose, and Community Health Center Capital Fund. Noni received a Bachelor’s degree from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a Master’s in Public Administration from the California State University, East Bay.