Meet the team

Meet the people behind NVCH’s housing, resident services, and community partnerships.

Our leadership

Erica Roetman Sklar

President and CEO

Erica joined NVCH in July 2020 and brings experience designing and building affordable housing, producing services for disadvantaged communities, managing nonprofit organizations and creating public/private partnerships.

A resident of the Napa Valley for over 20 years, Erica worked in affordable housing development first in Napa County (Executive Director of Calistoga Affordable Housing and as Project Manager for NVCH) and more recently, in San Francisco. In addition to affordable housing experience, Erica has developed and managed workforce training, construction-related programming and established an asset management and new resident services program for three San Francisco affordable housing buildings.

When away from work, you can find Erica outdoors enjoying her garden as well as many sports activities including running, sailing, skiing and horseback riding.

Meeting the Housing Needs of Napa County: A Message from Erica

“In 2000 when I started working on housing issues in Napa County we could see the trajectory of the loss of housing affordability by comparing Census data year over year but it was difficult for Napa residents and business owners to see or feel it yet. NVCH and its supporters have done amazing work and increased the number of affordable multifamily units in our county but it is not yet enough to support the needs of local businesses and their employees.

We are not alone, The California Affordable Housing Needs Report states that while multifamily activity has increased over the last 10 years, both multifamily and affordable production remain far below the need. I can’t wait to work with municipal, private and public leaders to close our affordable housing gap in Napa County.”