SSMMA welcomes Liz Castaneda, Outreach Manager for the South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative

Please join us as we welcome Liz Castaneda, the SSMMA & Cook County Community Economic Development and Outreach Manager for the South Suburban Economic Growth Initiative. Liz supports the SSEGI’s Phase 2 efforts to increase prosperity in 34 municipalities in southern Cook County. She plays a key role in the core project team, participating in the development of concrete, implementable initiatives to transform the South Suburbs, with a primary focus on engaging local and regional stakeholders in the public, private and civic sectors; and managing the project’s committees and working groups. She has held prior positions as Development Project Manager for Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation where she initiated and advanced affordable housing development; and Program Officer for the Community Investment Corporation where she worked with the City of Chicago, owners, lenders, and tenants as a court-appointed receiver to improve conditions at distressed multifamily buildings under the Troubled Buildings Initiative. Liz holds a Masters of Urban Planning and Policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.