Takao Suzuki

Director of Community Development for the Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation

Takao Suzuki currently serves as the Director of Community Development for the Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation (LTSC CDC). Takao manages a department that consists of Real Estate Development, Asset & Property Management and Resident Services. He began his tenure at LTSC CDC in 2000 as a community organizer through the AmeriCorps program, and joined the Real Estate Development Department in 2004. He currently serves on the boards of the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, Mercado la Paloma, Inc. and Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund. He also serves as the Supervisorial District 1 appointed Commissioner for the Los Angeles County Development Authority's Housing Advisory Committee, and member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco's Affordable Housing Advisory Council and NeighborWorks America's Real Estate Advisory Committee. He holds a B.A. in Social Work from the California State University of Los Angeles and an M.A. in Urban Planning from the University of California of Los Angeles.