Lucas Tanner
Chief Operating Officer, Greyston Bakery

Profile

Lucas Tanner is Chief Operating Officer of Greyston. A trusted, accomplished, entrepreneurial executive, he is deeply committed to the company’s humanitarian mission of open hiring and addressing poverty, income equality and recidivism. He believes in every human being’s potential to thrive and in using business as a force for good.

Prior to Greyston, he co-founded 5 venture backed companies including software company Audium, since acquired by Cisco Systems, media research company TRA, since acquired by TiVo and media company Horse Network since acquired by a private investor. Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, he was an investment banker for 13 years.

Lucas earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from The University of California, Berkeley. He is a certified non-profit accounting professional (CNAP-FMA Institute) and a graduate of the Robin Hood Foundation – Leaderlink Nonprofit Leadership Program.