La Mesa Resident Appointed To CA Housing And Finance Agency Board

LA MESA, CA — Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed La Mesa resident Noerena Limón to the California Housing and Finance Agency Board of Directors.

Limón, a Democrat, has been principal at Mariposa Strategies since 2022 and a fellow at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley since 2021, according to the governor's office. She served as executive vice president of public policy and industry relations at the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals from 2018 to 2022 and a policy analyst in the Office of Mortgage Markets at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2012 to 2018.

Limón served in several positions at the White House from 2009 to 2010, including roles in the Office of Political Affairs and the Office of Presidential Personnel, the governor's office said. She was a deputy director of Spanish language media for the Obama-Biden for America Campaign and associate director of budget and finance for the Democratic National Convention Committee in 2008. She was an operations director for City Year Los Angeles in 2007.

Limón is a member of the board of directors for the MAAC Project, Up for Growth Action and the California YIMBY Education Fund. Limón earned a master's degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree in political science and sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.