Brian Krolicki | |
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33rd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | |
In office January 20, 2007 – January 5, 2015 |
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Governor |
Jim Gibbons Brian Sandoval |
Preceded by | Lorraine Hunt |
Succeeded by | Mark Hutchison |
State Treasurer of Nevada | |
In office January 4, 1999 – January 20, 2007 |
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Governor |
Kenny Guinn Jim Gibbons |
Preceded by | Robert L. Seale |
Succeeded by | Kate Marshall |
Personal details | |
Born |
Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. |
December 31, 1960
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Kelly Krolicki |
Residence | Stateline, Nevada, U.S. |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Profession | Businessman and politician |
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Brian K. Krolicki (born December 31, 1960) is an American businessman and politician. He was the 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, from 2007 to 2015. As the Lieutenant Governor, he presided over the Nevada State Senate, chaired the Commission on Tourism, and served on the State Board of Transportation and the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition. Previously, he served two terms as the Nevada State Treasurer. He is a member of the Republican Party. Krolicki was not eligible to run for a third term in 2014 due to lifetime term limits by the Nevada Constitution.
Krolicki is a graduate of Stanford University, where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in Political Science.
Preceding his election as State Treasurer, Krolicki worked for Bankers Trust in New York City, and Smith Barney in San Francisco and Manama, Bahrain.
Krolicki was elected state treasurer in 1998. During his tenure, Krolicki worked to make college education more affordable, and considered it "a cornerstone of his administration." He created the State Treasurer's College Savings Plan and Nevada's Prepaid College Tuition Program, and oversaw the set-up of the Gates Scholarship in Nevada.
Along his work in higher-education accessibility, Krolicki obtained upgrades from credit-rating agencies for Nevada, saving taxpayers millions of dollars in interest payments. All rating agencies now consider Nevada just a notch below AAA, the highest and most coveted rating, and held by very few states. Krolicki was also the first state treasurer in the United States to receive the coveted Certificate of Excellence in Investment Policy from the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada. Krolicki also formulated and implemented many investment programs that obtained tens of millions of dollars in revenue for the state.