Takao Suzuki

Takao Suzuki currently serves as director of community economic development for Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation (LTSC CDC). Mr. Suzuki manages a department that consists of real estate development, asset and property management, community organizing and planning, and Little Tokyo small business assistance. 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, where he has overseen the completion of nine projects consisting of approximately 300 housing units, along with the Little Tokyo development of the California Japantowns projects. He currently serves on the boards of the Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, and Mercado la Paloma, Inc. Mr. Suzuki also serves as the District 1 appointed Housing Commissioner for the Los Angeles County Development Authority. He earned 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, Los Angeles.