Event Overview
Lan Zhou is a 20+-year veteran of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). She currently serves as the Caltrans District 12 Director, where she previously served as Deputy Director of Planning and Local Assistance for eleven years, and before that as the Corridor System Management Program Manager and Regional Planning and Local Development Review Branch Chief. She began her Caltrans career in District 4 (Bay Area) as a lead engineer in Maintenance and Toll Bridge Engineering. Zhou has a long history in strategic planning, organizational excellence, and partnership building, and has a wide breadth of experience including working for universities, a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), local government and multiple State Departments of Transportation. As the District 12 Director, Zhou leads
nearly 1,000 employees and serves 3.2 million residents.