Silky Misra

Silky is the Senior Director of the Housing & Community Development Division at the National Urban League (NUL). NUL is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to empowering African Americans and underserved communities to enter the economic and social mainstream through programs, advocacy, and research. Silky has over a decade of experience in the housing and economic development sector, managing and directing initiatives, advocacy, policy development, and fundraising. Through these experiences, Silky worked with low to moderate-income communities of color in the housing, energy efficiency, and economic development sectors. In her current role, she leads NUL’s signature comprehensive housing counseling program. She stewards a myriad of projects related to asset building and intergenerational wealth preservation for low- and moderate-income populations across the country.

Prior to joining NUL, Silky served as the Neighborhood & Housing Preservation Specialist at Chhaya Community Development Corporation. This community-based organization works on the housing and immigrant rights of the South Asian community in New York City. She was leading the energy efficiency program in Queens, NY, that helped low to moderate-income residents with resources to reduce their energy burden. Silky also previously worked with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, furthering their global research on e-Government initiatives. Silky completed her Master’s in Urban Planning from the State University of New York at Buffalo and has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from India.

Silky is committed to empowering communities of color to break down barriers and work towards obtaining economic equality and building sustainable communities. She believes that climate solutions have to be economically viable; they have to account for the realities of our communities. She has joined the Community Advisory Board for an opportunity to work with this diverse group to devise strategies aimed at closing the climate gap by fully accounting for the communities who are at the boot end of this conversation.