Laura Koerner is the Chairwoman for the Texas Veterans Commission and former Fair Oaks Ranch Councilwoman. She served in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare (Nuclear) Officer onboard USS MAHAN (DDG 72) as the Tomahawk Strike Officer and onboard USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) in the Ship’s Damage Control/Fire Department and as a Reactor Watch Officer. Since 2017, Laura  served as a Councilwoman for the City of Fair Oaks Ranch, TX and was selected as Mayor Pro Tem in May 2021. In 2018, Governor Abbott appointed her to serve as one of five Commissioners for the Texas Veterans Commission, and in 2020 she was appointed as the Chairwoman.  Laura has served on the Board of the Texas Federation of Republican Women, Greater San Antonio Area Republican Women, and San Antonio Republican Women. She was a Texas CD23 Republican National Delegate, and served as the Communications Director for the Republican Party of Bexar County.

She received a Bachelor of Science in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Laura lives in Fair Oaks Ranch, TX with her husband, Mike, a retired Naval Officer and former firefighter/paramedic, her twin daughters, Alexandra and Eva, and her mother, Sharon.