Ambassador (ret.) Stephan A. Lang

Ambassador Steve Lang is a veteran diplomat and international tech policy leader.  He is currently a senior advisor with Crest Hill Advisors and a non-resident senior associate with the Center for Strategic International Studies.  He is also a member of the NSF Spectrum X Expert Advisory Board.  Steve Lang was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Coordinator of International Communications and Information Policy with the rank of Ambassador on May 14, 2024, and served in that role until July 25, 2025.  He concurrently served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Information and Communications Policy from November 2022.  As Coordinator, Ambassador Lang spearheaded U.S. engagement on digital policy issues and promoting trusted ICT infrastructure.  He also led the U.S. delegation to numerous international negotiations, including the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference.

During his 30-year career as a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State, Steve served as the Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy Tokyo (2020-2022) and in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs’ Office of International Communication and Information Policy (2015-2018).  From 2013 to 2015, he was the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.  He served as Deputy Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs at the Department of State (2011-2013) and as a Senior Analyst in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office of Japan, Korea, and APEC Affairs (2010-2011).  Other tours include the Guangzhou, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; and Havana, Cuba.