Meeting Speaker - February 16, 2016
Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council Executive Vice President, John Krueger oversees the company’s Business Development, Marketing and Communications, and Research and Strategy areas. These groups are charged with national and international business attraction efforts, internal and external marketing, as well as the research analytics needed to establish and improve the region’s economic competitiveness. Before coming back to California he worked in Economic Development in the Greater Phoenix metro and with Arizona Public Service Company (APS), the state’s largest electric utility serving large and small communities throughout Arizona. During the past five years, Krueger has helped more than 250 companies evaluate Arizona, and over 50 companies relocate or expand.
He began working with APS in 2013 to expand programs in the Community and Economic Development Department. His department supported efforts in business attraction, workforce development, tax and incentive policy, and real estate development statewide. In addition to site-selection assistance John also supported real estate development partners and statewide economic development initiatives to best position Arizona for positive, sustainable growth. He successfully created and implemented multiple research and business development initiatives to help regions and municipalities around the state create new jobs.
A California native, Krueger went to Arizona in 1993 to attend Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics and database administration. He worked with the NAU alumni association in alumni relations working with donors and business developers. After leaving Flagstaff he joined the Greater Phoenix Economic Council as a research analyst. He quickly transitioned from tax and incentive analysis to program development for the Business Development team and then to VP of Business Development for the last 8 years of his tenure with GPEC.