Lisa Craven

Deputy Comptroller & Chief of Staff, Comptroller Glen Hegar

Lisa has over 30 years of state service, having worked in both the executive and legislative branches. Lisa was appointed deputy comptroller and chief of staff in October 2018 by Glenn Hegar, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and serves as the agency’s administrative head. Previously, she served as chief of staff for Comptroller Hegar from 2015-2018 and chief of staff for then-Senator Hegar from 2007-2014. She also worked in the Texas House of Representatives from 1989-2007. Lisa began her career as a tour guide at the State Capitol in 1986. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree in speech from the University of Texas at Austin. She serves as Comptroller Hegar’s appointee to the State Water Implementation Fund’s (SWIFT) advisory committee, is a board member for the Austin Club and an advisory council member for the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life in the Moody College of Communication at UT Austin. Lisa and her husband, Eric, are the proud parents of two daughters, Caroline and Elizabeth.