Sibley Simon

Sibley is a social entrepreneur working to help solve the biggest social equity challenges we face in the Monterey Bay Region. He is currently the President of New Way Homes, a non-profit that operates an impact investment fund to spur new workforce and affordable housing development. He founded New Way Homes and Envision Housing to develop more affordable and workforce housing without public subsidy.
Previously, Sibley co-founded the 180/2020 Initiative in 2012 that has housed over 1000 chronic and veteran homeless individuals across Santa Cruz County. Sibley was a board member & Treasurer of Housing Matters for 9 years, has led the renovation of the historic Evergreen Cemetery, and recently served on the board of the Watsonville Film Festival.
Sibley was a founder of two technology companies, StreamSage and The Electric Sheep Company, which were repeatedly recognized as highly innovative, including by two Technical Emmy Awards, the MIT Technology Review, and R&D grants and contracts from many federal agencies & Fortune 500 companies.
Sibley lives in the Santa Cruz mountains and travels around the county primarily by gravel bike.