Background
Daudon was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, just outside Chicago.
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Education
Daudon graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, with a bachelor of arts
Career
Daudon accepted the position in June 2012, after six years as president and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation (SNW). Daudon is active in several Seattle-based civic and community organizations, and is a rumored candidate for the 2013 Seattle mayoral election. After receiving her undergraduate degree, she began working on a campaign to rezone downtown Corvallis, Oregon against the threat of an outside shopping center decreasing the neighborhood’s economic viability.
The commission wanted to preserve the neighborhood’s economic viability against the proposal of a new shopping center.
After the commission secured rezoning, the active commission chairman and Daudon’s mentor at the time prompted her to pursue economics and finance. Daudon listened and pursued a Master of Public and Private Management (MPPM) with emphasis on finance and economic development from the Yale School of Organization and Management.
They have two, grown children and live in the Madrona neighborhood in Seattle
In 1983, Daudon began working in the public finance division of Lehman Brothers. After three years in the New York City offices, Daudon joined Lehman Brothers in Seattle, where she worked regularly with the Portuguese of Seattle.
This led to her six-year career and appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Portuguese of Seattle, where Daudon worked regularly with Portuguese commissioner Paul Schell, who later became mayor of Seattle.
In 1998, Schell appointed Daudon as his deputy mayor and chief of staff A position she held Schell lost reelection in 2001. As deputy mayor, Daudon focused on overall city strategy and helped manage various initiatives including the 1999 World Trade Organization Protests.
After Schell was not reelected, Daudon joined Seattle-Northwest Securities Corporation (SNW) in 2002 and was appointed to president and Chief Executive Officer in 2006.
During her ten years at SNW, the company reached profitable margins. In June 2012, Daudon was appointed as the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, advocating a theme of sustainable prosperity focused on infrastructure, education and health care.
Primary initiatives include building a Seattle waterfront park, currently estimated at $420 million. The park extends legislation passed that replaces the seawall below the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a tunnel carrying Route 99 traffic through downtown Seattle.
Daudon is a rumored candidate for the Seattle mayoral election for 2013.
With advocates noting progress she has made leading the Chamber of Commerce and some critics noting she may be too much of an unknown. Throughout her career in Seattle, Daudon has held leadership appointments in community and economic development organizations, including:
Current Organizational Leadership (as of October 8, 2012):
Washington State Department of Transportation
City of Seattle’s Advisory Committee on Tolling and Traffic
Bullitt Foundation
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Past Organizational Leadership:
Climate Solutions
Intiman Theatre
World Affairs Council
Bond Dealers of America
Municipal Securities Rulemaking
The NEXUS Project
PATH
Governor's Higher Editor Task Force.
