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Doris W. Koo
President and CEO
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
410.964.1230
Doris W. Koo, a nationally respected leader with nearly 30 years of experience in affordable housing and community development, is president and chief executive officer of Enterprise Community Partners. Koo also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Enterprise Community Loan Fund and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Enterprise Community Partners and the Board of Directors of Enterprise Community Investment.
Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit provider of development capital and expertise for creating decent, affordable homes and rebuilding communities. For 25 years, Enterprise has pioneered neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with community organizations, financial institutions and other public and private agencies and institutions. Since 1982, Enterprise has invested
$8 billion to provide more than 225,000 affordable homes.
Koo began her career as a community organizer and has been a highly successful developer, public agency administrator and nonprofit executive. Koo joined Enterprise in 2001 as vice president and was promoted to senior vice president in 2002 and executive vice president in 2006. She was appointed president and chief executive officer in 2007.
From 1979 to 1992, Koo led Asian Americans for Equality in New York City, first as a member of the board of directors and later as founding executive director. She is credited with transforming the community-based civil rights organization into the largest owner and developer of low-income housing in New York City’s Chinatown and Lower Eastside. After moving to Seattle in 1992, Koo continued her involvement in affordable housing development as senior housing developer at the Fremont Public Association.
Koo joined the Seattle Housing Authority as director of development in 1994 and was named deputy executive director in 1999. In addition to leading four HOPE VI redevelopment efforts, she oversaw municipal bond financing and internal management and operations at the Housing Authority.
Koo has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in social service administration from the University of Chicago.
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