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. Previously, he 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 as Director of both the Office of Multilateral Affairs (2017-2018) and the Office of Bilateral and Regional Affairs (2015-2017).

From 2013 to 2015, Ambassador Lang was the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Prior to that, 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 U.S. Consulate-General in Guangzhou, China; the American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei; the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok; and the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba.

Before joining the State Department, Ambassador Lang worked as an economist for the Department of Labor and is a graduate of Georgetown University. He is married to Karin Lang and has two daughters.