Nevada V. Merriman serves as MidPen’s Vice President of Policy and Advocacy. Over the last 15 years, she’s held many positions in the Real Estate Development team, including project manager. Most recently, she was the Director of Housing Development for the Peninsula and Silicon Valley. She has contributed to developing over 3,000 homes in Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties. She is passionate about building acceptance for including unhoused community members, and extremely low-income families and individuals in the vision for our Region’s future. She looks for ways to partner with local governments and build coalition with nearly every affordable housing advocacy organization in the Bay Area.

Ms. Merriman is an Advisory Board Member of the County of San Mateo’s Home for All effort. She also is on the technical committee for All Home, an advocacy and policy organization that advances regional solutions that will disrupt the cycle of poverty and homelessness. And recently, she was appointed to the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority’s Advisory Committee. In her free time, she serves as a Housing Commissioner for the City of Menlo Park