Lisa M. Marra 

Lisa M. Marra currently serves as the State Election Director for the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.

Lisa joined the executive team as Deputy State Election Director in March 2023, after serving as the Director of Elections in Cochise County, Arizona. She proudly served the residents in southern Arizona since 2012.

Lisa served three terms as the President of the Election Officials of Arizona (EOA), representing all fifteen county election directors. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business, a Certified Public Manager (CPM) certification from Arizona State University and obtained the highest professional achievement for election officials in the country, Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) presented by Auburn University through the Election Center. She serves on the advisory board for the Election Officials Legal Defense Network, a project of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR). EOLDN connects election officials in need of advice or assistance with licensed, qualified, pro bono attorneys at no cost.

Her hobbies include quilting, reading election case law late into the night, and refusing to attend every fight to which she is invited. She highly recommends taking the high road whenever possible as there is almost no traffic on it these days.