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With 25 years of community development experience, John Berdes is well versed in the issues surrounding community development policy and finance. As the president and chief executive officer of Shorebank Enterprise Cascadia, a nonprofit regional economic development corporation assisting entrepreneurs and organizations with the development of viable businesses, he is actively involved in providing capital investment, market and product development services, and community development support. Mr. Berdes also engages rural communities of the coastal Pacific Northwest in developing sustainable resource-based economic opportunities.
From 1988 through 1995, Mr. Berdes held two positions with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the nation’s largest community development intermediary: first as program director for Puget Sound Operations and, subsequently, as senior program director for field strategies. Prior to his tenure at LISC, he served as executive director of the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program (CHHIP), a community development corporation serving a central city neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
Mr. Berdes has served on numerous boards of directors, including Mountain Pacific Workforce Development Council, Washington Community Reinvestment Association, Washington Community Development Loan Fund, Washington Rural Development Council, and ShoreBank Pacific.
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