Member, WNEA
President & CEO of the Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce and Lisa’s Casita
Lisa Krueger has served as the President & CEO of the Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce since 2002 and was Executive Director of the Parker, Arizona Chamber for the six years prior. She’s a graduate of the US Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management and has received the Accredited Chamber Executive credential on three occasions through the Western Association of Chamber Executives.
She is a member of the Western Association of Chamber Executives Board of Directors (WACE); the Arizona Chamber Executives Board; past member of the Board of Regents for the US Chamber Foundation’s Institute for Organization Management, Tucson site; and the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. She currently chairs the WACE Foundation Board and is also past- chairman and of the Mohave/La Paz County Workforce Development Board.
Besides WNEA, Lisa has been a member of the Lake Havasu City Rotary Club for 17 years and was president during 2015-2016. She is currently the PR Director for that club. She was a charter member of the Parker/Poston Sunrise Rotary Club and was a member of the Parker Rotary Club before moving to Lake Havasu City.
She is a founder of the Mohave County Chamber Coalition, and her chamber has been accredited by the US Chamber since 2005 and currently holds 5-star status; the Havasu Chamber has also been a finalist for ACCE’s Chamber of the Year on three separate occasions. She is an honorary graduate of both Havasu Leadership Development and Advanced Havasu Leadership Development and is also a Certified Tourism Ambassador.
Lisa grew up and attended college in Kansas and has lived in northwestern Arizona since 1987. She is mother to Kimberley Rome and grandmother to Tyler and Ashley Barrett. Lisa is a widow; her husband was local attorney Phillip Krueger. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2017.
In her spare time (lol) Lisa’s favorite thing to do is play with her grandkids. Grandson Tyler plays football with the Lake Havasu Chiefs Youth Football League, and granddaughter Ashley works out and performs with local gymnastics organization Flips for Run. Lisa also cheers on the Kansas City Chiefs, the Arizona Cardinals and never misses a University of Kansas men’s basketball game. Additionally, her companion Lincoln the Maltipoo love hanging outside by the pool, gardening and cooking.
Lisa’s side gig is Lisa’s Casita, a Las Vegas condo that she rents through AirBnb.