Our Team

Lange Luntao Consultant

Sectors : Education, Nonprofit

Specialties : Education, Capacity Building, Grant Writing, Fundraising, Team-building, Budget Management

Education : M.A. in Education from Stanford University, Social Studies Teaching Credential from Loyola Marymount University, and B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University.

Professional Experience

Lange Luntao has over a decade of experience in the fields of education, philanthropy, and policy. He currently serves as the Director of External Relations at the Education Trust-West, leading campaigns that contribute to educational equity for all of California’s students. Lange previously co-founded the Reinvent Stockton Foundation, where he worked with Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs to raise over $30 million for efforts to reverse the brain drain from his hometown, including launching Stockton Scholars, a city-wide college scholarship program that to date has served over 3,000 students.

Achievements

Alongside Mayor Michael Tubbs (founding Board Chair), Lange launched Stockton Scholars, a city-wide scholarship program funded with a $20 million seed donation from the Spiegel Family Foundation. In its first year, and with a staff of only 3 people, Stockton Scholars distributed over 1,000 scholarships, beating peer-developed benchmarks by over 30%.

Affiliations

Harvard Asian American Alumni Association, Little Manila Rising, Community Foundation of San Joaquin, GO Public Schools, Reinvent South Stockton Coalition.

Passion for Social Impact

Education equity, environmental justice, ethnic studies and culturally-inclusive/responsive history, transit accessibility, and general good governance/inclusive democracy.

Personal Interests

Skiing, running, cooking, travel (particularly if it involves good street food).