Aboubacar “Asn” Ndiaye

Northern California Land Trust Executive Director

Asn (he/him) is a housing and climate equity strategist whose work spans policy, advocacy, and community-centered solutions. Most recently, he served as California Housing and Climate Campaign Manager at PowerSwitch Action, where he collaborated with state affiliates to advance sustainable, equitable housing and climate policies.

Previously, as the Partnership for the Bay’s Future Challenge Grant Fellow, Ndiaye worked with the City of San Jose and Somos Mayfair to mitigate displacement through tenant preference policies, preservation strategies, and alternative homeownership models such as community land trusts and limited equity co-ops. He also served as Policy Manager for Working Partnerships USA, helping secure a $150 million commitment from Google for affordable housing and supporting state legislation addressing the “3Ps” of housing: protection, preservation, and production.

His earlier experience includes strategic research for SEIU Local 1, planning campaigns for building services workers in the Midwest. Ndiaye holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin and has contributed to national publications, including The Atlantic and NPR’s Code Switch.