Zach Thomas

Zach Thomas currently serves as the Director of Development Services and Housing Manager for the City of South Lake Tahoe since November 2020. Prior experience includes roles as Capital Programs Specialist at the Tahoe Transportation District, where involvement centered on bi-state infrastructure projects with a focus on multi-family affordable housing development, and Land Use and Development Director at Santa Fe Housing Trust, managing multi-family Low Income Housing Tax Credit development. Previous positions encompass Senior Water Resources Administrator at the New Mexico Finance Authority, Land Use Senior Planner for the City of Santa Fe, and Senior Planner for the City of Chico. Zach Thomas holds a Master of City and Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from CSU Chico.