OneCal Foundation Directors & Staff

Lydia Tan
Board Director

Ms. Tan is Executive Vice President of BRIDGE Housing Corporation, one of the largest affordable housing developers in California.  She also serves the same role for BUILD, BRIDGE’s for profit affiliate which is focused on large mixed income, mixed use scale redevelopment efforts in urban infill locations.

In her role at BRIDGE and BUILD, Ms. Tan supervises real estate development and project finance activities.  She joined the organization in 1991 and has over 25 years experience in the building industry, including prior experience as an architect.  In her 18 years at BRIDGE, Ms. Tan has managed or overseen the development of over 8,500 units of housing throughout California.  Her responsibilities at BRIDGE and BUILD include providing strategic direction for the divisions, ensuring high quality outcomes at all levels of the organization, and leading the company’s major development efforts. 

Prior to her work at BRIDGE and BUILD, Ms. Tan was a Development Associate at Tsen & Associates, consulting with community-based groups to build affordable housing; and was a Principal in Fleming + Tan, an Oakland based architecture practice.  Ms. Tan is a registered Architect with an A.B. Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters in Business Administration from Stanford University.  She currently serves on the Board of Directors of SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research) where she co-chairs the Housing Policy Committee and the Northern California Community Loan Fund where she chairs the Finance Committee.  She also is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Build-It-Green, the Loan Committee of the Opportunity Fund, and the Community Advisory Board for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  She recently completed an 8 year commitment as a member of the Santa Clara County Planning Commission, serving as Chair in 2006.  Ms. Tan is a member of the Urban Land Institute and Lambda Alpha, a land economics society.