Kathleen Krueger

Term Expires December 2024

Director of development and public relations for Hope Hospice, and former councilwoman and mayor pro-tem of New Braunfels, Kathleen Tobin Krueger was appointed to the EAA board to fill a vacancy. Her term expires in 2020.

During her time on the council, Krueger was deeply involved in the protection of the Guadalupe and Comal rivers. She also served on the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance where she “became more informed and more aware of the importance of being a good steward of that precious resource for the next generation.”

Born in San Antonio, Krueger spent her formative years in Bandera, learning to shoot, ride, fish and drive a tractor on the family ranch. After graduating from Bandera High School, she attended Texas A&M University where she earned a degree in English literature and journalism in 1980.

Krueger worked as a legislative aide and in public relations before marrying her husband, former U.S. Senator Bob Krueger. During his political career, she traveled independently to more than 200 of Texas’s 254 counties.

When her husband served as an ambassador in Africa, Krueger worked with Habitat for Humanity building homes in remote villages. She also led an International Red Cross expedition into the Kalahari Desert to provide clothing for the Bushmen of Botswana. Together, the Kruegers authored an award-winning book, “From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years During Genocide,” published in 2007.

Krueger has worked for Hope Hospice, a non-profit hospice and bereavement agency in New Braunfels, since 2013.

“More than anything, I want to lead a life of purpose – to be of help wherever I am and in whatever ways I can,” she said.