MHEF Board

Bob Knight, President

Bob lives in Mountain Home and it is a graduate of Mountain Home High School and attended Wichita Business College.  He is a partner and General Manager of Mountain  Lakes Broadcasting.  Bob is married to the former Sue Hightower, a MHHS graduate, and has one daughter, Heather, a graduate of Mountain Home High School and the University of Central Arkansas. He is past president of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association and currently serves as President of the Broadcasters of Arkansas Political  Action Committee.  He is Chairman of the Twin Lakes Economic Development Commission and serves on the Baxter Regional Hospital Development Board the ASU Mountain Home Advisory Board and the board of CARTI Mountain Home.

Carol Miller Gresham

Carol Gresham is a 1972 graduate of Mountain Home High School.  She and her family moved to the area when she was in third grade.  Carol received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1976.  During the next seven years she lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she began a career in commercial real estate.  In 1984, Carol moved to Little Rock and developed a market research firm and relocation business.  Since 1996, she and her husband Rip have enjoyed spending as much time as possible at their cabin by the White River.  They relocated here permanently in 2001.  She earned her MBA degree in 2006.  Currently, Carol is Vice-Chancellor for Development at ASUMH.  She also serves on the state AATYC board, is a member of Mtn. Home Rotary, WOW Investment Club, PEO, a licensed Arkansas real estate broker and involved in music activities as a member of First Baptist Church.

Ron Lechtenberger

Ron Lechtenberger is a 1970 graduate of MHHS.  He has a BSBA degree in Business from the University of Arkansas with a major in Accounting. Ron is a CPA and practiced in Tulsa, OK and Mountain Home until 1999. He was an investment broker with A. G. Edwards until 2004. He is currently an executive host for Cherokee Nation Entertainment in West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma.

Ron is married to Joyce, and has two children, Jennifer and Cole, both graduates of MHHS. He is chairman of the Mountain Home Bomber Booster Foundation and treasurer of the Mountain Home Education Foundation.

Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson is a native of Mountain Home and graduated from MHHS in the class of 1960. He married Ann Joyce (class of 1963) and they have two daughters, Laura (class of 1982) and Marcy (class of 1990), and six grandchildren. Ann and Robert are members of First Baptist church.  Robert received his BA degree from Arkansas Tech and his MEd from the University of Arkansas. He spent three years teaching at Searcy Junior High before coming home to Mountain Home as High School band director.  He held that position for thirty-five years and retired from teaching in 2002.  During his tenure at Mountain Home, he was named “Teacher of the Year” in 1975 and in 1979, and as the Arkansas “Bandmaster of the Year” in 1994. He served as president of the Arkansas School Band & Orchestra Association, the Arkansas Bandmasters’ Association, and the Arkansas chapter of Phi Beta Mu, National Band Fraternity. He is a past president of the Baxter County Retired Teachers’ Association and as a board member of the Mountain Home Education Foundation. He was elected to the Mountain Home school board in September of 2006

Linda Beaman Pitts

Linda Pitts is a 1971 Honor graduate from Mountain Home High School.  She has a BS degree in Business from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. She currently serves as president of the Mountain Home School Board of Education.  She is married to her high school sweetheart, Gary Pitts.  After being away from the Mountain Home area for over 20 years, the Pitts family moved back to Mountain Home in 1994.  They wanted their two children to experience the same quality of education they had received in the Mountain Home School District.  Their oldest son, Nick will graduate in 2003 from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where he plays for the Razorback Baseball team.  He will have degrees in Finance and Marketing.  Their youngest son, Ryan will graduate from Mountain Home in 2008.  Linda spent many years working in manufacturing for Tenneco, ITT Outdoor Lighting and Hunter Fan.  She was the Account Services Manager for Levi Strauss and Company and then worked with her husband in a business he developed, Mr. Tidy Carwashes, Inc.  She is the daughter of Warren and Marilyn Beaman of Lakeview and the daughter-in-law of Dessie and the late Carl Pitts of Mountain Home.

Ted Sanders

Ted lives in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  He graduated from Marshall High School, Marshall, Arkansas, and received his BSBA and JD from the University of Arkansas. He has practiced law in Mountain Home for over 30 years. He has served as a Special Chief Justice and Special Justice for the Arkansas Supreme Court. He is currently a member of the Arkansas Bar Association’s House of Delegates and the Baxter County Bar Association. He serves on the Board of Directors of First National Bank & Trust Co. of Mountain Home, is a past member of the Advisory Board of Arkansas State University–Mountain Home, and past member of the Mountain Home School Board. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children who are graduates of Mountain Home High School.

Julie Wright

Julie Wright is an Arkansas native whose family goes back more than six generations in the Arkansas Ozarks. Julie attended Mountain Home Public Schools from 1^st through 12^th grade and is a graduate of MHHS and the University of Arkansas. After college, she enjoyed an interesting business and professional career working in the fields of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Music, Writing, Restaurant Management, Real Estate and Commercial Investments while living in the states of Missouri, Colorado, Illinois, and California. In 1993, the 1964 MHHS graduate moved back to Mountain Home to enjoy the peace and beauty that is the Twin Lakes area.  She lives in a home overlooking the White River and spends as much time as possible with friends and family on Lake Norfork! In addition to serving the past seven years as a member of the Mountain Home Education Foundation Board, Julie has served for the last four years as a Mentor at MHHS.  She has been a member of the North Arkansas Board of Realtors and the Arkansas State Realtor Association.  Julie has been a dedicated supporter of the development of ASU/MH and is a proud member of their Legacy Society Wall of Honor.  She is a Trustee of the Baxter Country Library Foundation Board and has recently been very involved in their four year long project of gaining the grant for, and then (in 2010), seeing the actual construction of our new County Library facility become a reality.

Sonia Litty

Sonia (Treat) Litty is a 1987 graduate of MHHS and a native of Mountain Home. She attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and is a graduate of the Arkansas Bankers Association Trust School at Harding University and the Southern Trust School at Mobile, Alabama. Sonia is currently employed as Vice President and Trust Officer of First National Bank & Trust. Her banking career and trust and estate planning expertise awarded her with an invitation to teach at the Arkansas Bankers Association Trust School held in Little Rock. Sonia also serves as member of the BRMC Professional Advisory Committee and a member of the Chamber of Commerce/Red White & Blue Festival Committee. Sonia has two boys: Bo Litty, 2003 graduate of MHHS and Nathan Litty, 2007 graduate of MHHS. Her sister, Shelli (Treat) Jones, a 1985 graduate of MHHS, is a teacher at the MHJH.

Konnie Coleman

Konnie Coleman is a 1978 Honor graduate of Salem High School, and moved to the Mountain Home area in 1979.  She is employed with North Arkansas Electric Cooperative since 1978, and is currently Customer Service Supervisor.  She has completed NRECA’s Supervisory Certificate and many Rural Electrification Courses.  She is a board member of the Baxter County Fair Association since 1990; Mentor at Mountain Home High School Mentoring Program; member of Optimist International and involved in many Chamber of Commerce functions.

Konnie is married to Tim Coleman, President/CEO First Security Bank, and they have one son, Dr. Brad Coleman, who is a 2000 Honor graduate of MHHS.  Brad’s wife, Cara, and children, Whitten and Ford reside in Mountain Home.  The Coleman families are active members of First Baptist Church.

Dr. Lonnie Myers

Dr. Lonnie Myers, the current Superintendent at Mountain Home School District, began his teaching/coaching career in 1974 with a B.S. degree from John Brown University.  He left teaching for a short time to earn his Master’s degree and quickly returned to education.  He spent four years in Mountainburg, Arkansas, teaching geography and driver’s education while coaching football, basketball and baseball.  In 1981 he moved to Van Buren School District where he remained until the spring of 2010.  While at Van Buren he taught history, coached basketball and football and continued to take courses in administration from the University of Arkansas.  In 1986 he accepted the Assistant Principal position at Van Buren Junior High School, became involved in Kiwanis, the Boys and Girls Club and other local charities.  Dr. Myers went on to serve as Junior High School Principal, Athletic/Activities Director and finally Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum in the Van Buren District.  He earned his Doctorate from Harding University in 2009 and was hired as Superintendent in Mountain Home, where he began working in July 2010.

Molly Morgan

Molly Morgan – Executive Director

Jackie Morrison

Jackie Morrison – Bookkeeper