Sue Taoka
Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia
Sue Taoka is currently the Executive Vice President at ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia.  Until June 2008, she served for 14 years as Executive Director of the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda), the major property management and community development organization in the Chinatown International District.  She previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Norm Rice for housing, economic and community development, neighborhoods, parks, and libraries. She is currently the co-president of the National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development, and a board member of Impact Capital, and a member of the National Community Securities Initiative Advisory Board.  Sue is also a founding member of the Distressed Communities Coalition and the National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development and a member of the Washington Bar Association.