Steve Lanza

Mr. Lanza was elected to the Board in 2022 and represents Area 7, Livermore, areas of East Dublin, and Southeast San Ramon.

Steve Lanza is principal of Tri-Valley Advising focused on creating and driving strategies along with executive coaching for small and mid-size companies. Prior to TVA, Steve spent his career in the Technology Sector with twenty years at the Vice President or above level. His functional responsibilities included global leadership across all business functions including General Management, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Organization Development with the last three years spent as an executive mentor building global organizations.

He spent twelve years leading operational and financial functions at Lam Research, a Fortune 300 corporation, delivering results through applying team focus, accountability and reaching global alignment while the company grew 400% to over $10B during this time. Steve has also spent twenty years as an adjunct professor teaching business courses primarily focused on strategy, entrepreneurship, and management for MBA programs along with business courses at Ohlone and Las Positas Colleges. He currently is teaching graduate level business strategy and project courses at the University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University.

In addition to his corporate work and his work in education, Steve has led the Tri-Valley’s Leadership group, Innovation Tri-Valley, as chair of the board of directors for three years and as co-chair of ITV’s Education and Workforce Development committee for two years. He is also currently Chair of the Las Positas College Foundation Board of Directors and on the Board of SPARC, a regional performing arts organization.