Rebecca Louie
Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
With nearly 20 years of experience in the affordable housing industry, Rebecca Louie is a leader in affordable housing development in our region, with an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of planning, building and operating housing for low-income residents in California. In addition to overseeing Wakeland’s day-to-day operations, she is actively involved in all stages of the development of Wakeland’s pipeline of affordable and supportive housing, including identifying new projects and project funding, ensuring successful project operations and providing high quality resident services.
In her 13+ years at Wakeland, Ms. Louie has served in a number of roles, including Project Manager and Director of Operations. Prior to coming to Wakeland, she spent six years as an associate regional planner at the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), as well as serving as development director at the Center on Policy Initiatives, a social and economic justice research and policy development nonprofit, and as a project manager at United Indian Nations CDC, a nonprofit working to increase culturally-based community organizing and development in the Bay Area's American Indian community.
Ms. Louie received her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998, where she focused on community and economic development, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego with a major in Urban Studies and Planning.
With nearly 20 years of experience in the affordable housing industry, Rebecca Louie is a leader in affordable housing development in our region, with an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of planning, building and operating housing for low-income residents in California. In addition to overseeing Wakeland’s day-to-day operations, she is actively involved in all stages of the development of Wakeland’s pipeline of affordable and supportive housing, including identifying new projects and project funding, ensuring successful project operations and providing high quality resident services.
In her 13+ years at Wakeland, Ms. Louie has served in a number of roles, including Project Manager and Director of Operations. Prior to coming to Wakeland, she spent six years as an associate regional planner at the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), as well as serving as development director at the Center on Policy Initiatives, a social and economic justice research and policy development nonprofit, and as a project manager at United Indian Nations CDC, a nonprofit working to increase culturally-based community organizing and development in the Bay Area's American Indian community.
Ms. Louie received her master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998, where she focused on community and economic development, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, San Diego with a major in Urban Studies and Planning.