Ricardo G. Huerta Niño

Ricardo G. Huerta Niño is the Associate Director for the Great Communities Collaborative Initiative at the San Francisco Foundation. He works with funders, non-profits, and public sector partners to implement policy advocacy strategies focused on housing, transportation, land use, and climate resilience. Ricardo served as Policy Director at the Mayor’s Office in Oakland, leading multi-sector collaborative projects focused on education, youth development, health, wealth, education, safety, and housing. Ricardo is also a consultant to nonprofits, local governments, regional agencies, school districts, and philanthropic foundations. Recently, he has been a consultant for city planning and community engagement focused on racial equity, housing, transportation, workforce development, and pandemic response efforts. His earlier experience also includes working in philanthropy as a program officer and a consultant focused on a range of issues including immigrant and refugee rights, environmental justice, leadership development, criminal justice reform, and multi-sector collaboratives.