Lea Marquez Peterson is an American politician who has been on the

Arizona Corporation Commission The Arizona Corporation Commission is the Public Utilities Commission of the Arizona, State of Arizona, established by Article 15 of the Constitution of Arizona, Arizona Constitution. Arizona is one of only fourteen states with elected commission ...

since 2019. Peterson was appointed by Governor

Doug Ducey Douglas Anthony Ducey ( ; ; born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the 23rd List of governors of Arizona, governor of Arizona from 2015 to 2023 and as State Treas ...

to replace

Andy Tobin Andrew Michael Tobin (born June 27, 1958) is the Director of the Arizona Department of Administration. He formerly was a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission and also served in the Arizona House of Representatives from the state's 1st dis ...

following his appointment as director of the Arizona Department of Administration. She won statewide reelection to the Commission in 2020 and in 2024, and served as the Chairwoman of the Commission from 2020 to 2022. Peterson was also the 2018 Republican nominee for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Peterson received her undergraduate degrees in marketing and entrepreneurship from the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...

, and her MBA from

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private university, private Christianity, Christian research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ, with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists ...

. From 2009 to 2018, Peterson was CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Peterson is the first Hispanic woman to hold statewide office in Arizona. Peterson has been recognized as the 2022 United States Hispanic Business Woman of the Year by the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She has also been recognized as a 2021 Most Influential Woman of the Year by AZ Big Media. Peterson and her husband live in

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, Arizona with their two children.

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