Lisa A. Atkins

Lisa Atkins serves as a member of the Authority as the representative designated by Susan Bitter Smith, president of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD). Originally appointed by Governor Hull in January 2003, to complete the term vacated by Bob Burns, Lisa Atkins was re-elected to the CAWCD Board of Directors on November 7, 2006, to represent Maricopa County until December 31, 2012.

Mrs. Atkins graduated from the University of Arizona with a Liberal Arts degree. Currently employed by Greater Phoenix Leadership as Vice President for Public Policy, Mrs. Atkins also serves as Co-Chair of the Arizona Military Affairs Commission and as a member of the Boards of Fighter Country Partnership, the West Valley Arts Council, the Challenger Space Center, Friends of the West Valley Recreation Corridor, Arizona Town Hall, Project Challenge, the Southwest Valley YMCA and the Arizona Trail Association. She has served on the Commission on the Arizona Environment, the 1999 Transportation Vision 21 Task Force, the 2000 Governor’s Water Management Commission and the 2003 Military Facilities Task Force. Mrs. Atkins served as Chief of Staff to U. S. Congressman Bob Stump from 1979 – 2002.

Mrs. Atkins, a native Arizonan, resides in Litchfield Park with her husband, John. They have two grown children, Brandon and Caroline. In her spare time she enjoys photography, history, and travel.