Staff
- Erhard Mahnke, Coordinator
- Erhard has worked in housing, community development and municipal government in Vermont for more than 20 years. He has served as coordinator for the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition since 1997. His work for the Coalition includes representing the interests of Vermont's affordable housing community at the Statehouse in Montpelier, where he also serves as legislative liaison for the City of Burlington.
Prior to working for the Coalition, Erhard was director of the Champlain Valley Mutual Housing Federation, a non-profit devoted to organizing, developing and supporting resident-controlled, limited equity housing cooperatives in and around Burlington, Vermont.
Erhard also spent eight years working for the City of Winooski — first as a housing rehab specialist and later as its community development director — and served on the Burlington City Council from 1986 to 1990, including one year as Council President.
Erhard holds a Masters in German Literature from the University of Vermont.
