Senator Lisa Krasner

Party: Republican

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Senate, 2022–Present (first elected November 2022)
  • Minority Whip, 2025
  • Senate Co-Minority Whip, 2023
  • Nevada Assembly, 2017–2022 (first elected November 2016)—three regular sessions and three special sessions
  • Assembly Assistant Minority Whip-North, 2021
  • Assembly Minority Whip, 2019

Other Public Service

  • Alliance with Washoe County Medical Society, Board Member
  • State of Nevada P.T.A, Board Member
  • Women in Government, Western Regional Director and State Director
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, State Director
  • State of Nevada Commission on Aging, Commissioner, 2013–2016
  • City of Reno, Recreation and Parks Commission, Commissioner, 2005–2012
  • Reno Philharmonic Guild, President
  • Reno Philharmonic Board of Trustees, Trustee
  • Junior Achievement, Instructor
  • P.T.A., Hunsberger Elementary School, Vice President
  • P.T.O. Boosters, Galena High School, Member
  • We the People, Civics Competition, Judge
  • Junior League of Reno, Advocacy and Legislative Committee, Chairman

Honors and Awards

  • Boy Scouts of Reno, NV, Hometown Hero Award
  • Council Of State Governments, Fellow, Class of 2018
  • Governing.com, “Extraordinary Elected Woman” Award, Leadership Program
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, Woman of Excellence/Rising Star Award

Affiliations

  • Washoe County Republican Central Committee, Member
  • Incline Village Republican Women, Member
  • Mt. Rose Republican Women, Associate Member
  • Republican Women of Reno, Associate Member
  • Washoe Republican Women, Associate Member
  • National Foundation for Women Legislators, Board Member; State Director

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
  • University of LaVerne, College of Law, J.D.

Personal

Occupation: Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department, Truckee Meadows Community College
Recreation: Reading
Born: California