Board of Directors
Current Board of Directors
Debbie Ownby McManus ('79) PresidentÂ
Nicole Bailey Ownby ('99) Vice PresidentÂ
Dianne Price Thompson ('65) - Secretary
Julia Davis Murphy ('87) - Associate Secretary
Linda Cook Haase ('90) - Treasurer
Nancy Jenkins Bartholomew ('69)
Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
Bobbie Sue Pratt Priddy ('54)
Tom Woods ('66)
Gennies Adams Allen ('83)
Joyce Taylor Vonner ('71)
Richard Rushing ('77)
Current Advisors
Banquet Tickets - Joyce Reynolds Doyle ('65)
Communications - Debbie Ownby McManus ('79)
Financial - Wayne Minton ('74)
Legal Services - Michael Carter ('92)
MHS Liaison - Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
Open House and Refreshments - Liz Keaton Ownby ('59)
Publicity - Victor Parkins ('87)
Registration - Gennies Adams Allen ('83)
Screening Committee - Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
Technology - Marsha Lantz ('10)
Past MHSAA Presidents
1955-1956 - James Dedmon ('29)
1956-1957 - Irby Jones ('32)
1957-1958 - Milton Mayo ('32)
1958-1959 - Rankin Mathis ('33)
1959-1960 - Johnnie Hale Metcalf ('07)
1960-1961 - G. Hervey Dickey ('10)
1961-1962 - Jean Denney ('36)
1962-1963 - Mary Virginia Bryant ('32)
1963-1964 - Leonard Ramsey ('32)
1964-1965 - Wylie Wheeler ('44)
1965-1966 - Lurla B. Daniels Keith ('32)
1966-1967 - Ralph Holt ('39)
1967-1968 - Billy Clark ('57)
1968-1969 - Lynn Jones ('44)
1969-1970 - Najanna McCartney Coleman ('55)
1970-1971 - Sandra Hughes Pickens ('62)
1971-1972 - Peggy Garner Haney ('56)
1972-1973 - Kay Tatum ('61)
1973-1974 - Danny Jones ('61)
1974-1975 - Jack Cunningham ('54)
1975-1976 - Fred Collins ('61)
1976-1977 - Bob Parkins ('47)
1977-1978 - Ben Huey ('59)
1978-1979 - Bill Pitt ('58)
1979-1980 - Nancy Powers Pitt ('59)
1980-1981 - Phyllis Arrington Stephens ('68)
1981-1982 - Deborah Parkins Whitby ('71)
1982-1983 - Joyce Reynolds Doyle ('65)
1983-1984 - Joyce Cordle Smith ('60)
1984-1985 - Martha Dedmon Wilson ('43)
1985-1986 - Lynn Arnold ('64)
1986-1987 - Joann Pillow Pickard ('50)
1987-1988 - Liz Keaton Ownby ('59)
1988-1989 - Glenda Houston ('67)
1989-1990 - Rex Tatum ('53)
1990-1991 - Farris Lowery ('70)
1991-1992 - Tommy Blow ('70)
1992-1993 - Tommy Belew ('67)
1993-1994 - Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
1994-1995 - Johnny Jones ('67)
1995-1996 - Wayne Minton ('74)
1996-1997 - Sam D. Jones ('76)
1997-1998 - Mark Dodson ('73)
1998-1999 - Sarah Jenkins Robbins ('74)
1999-2000 - Tim Blackwell ('75)
2000-2001 - Floyd Flippin ('76)
2001-2002 - Ruth Shoaf ('77)
2002-2003 - Lisa Bolerjack Springer ('78)
2003-2004 - Debbie Ownby McManus ('79)
2004-2005 - Cindy McCartney Milligan ('80)
2005-2006 - Alan Taylor ('81)
2006-2007 - Julieanne Johnson Hart ('87)
2007-2008 - Pam Gaskins Butler ('88)
2008-2009 - Dana Ayers Marshall ('79)
2009-2010 - Leigh Ann Ford Dunlap ('85)
2010-2011 - Lisa Shelton Sanders ('83)
2011-2012 - Dana Copous Rainey ('90)
2012-2013 - Julie Allen Burke ('90)
2013-2014 - Tommy Doyle ('62)
2014-2015 - Victor Parkins ('87)
2015-2016 - Lawrence Ragland ('78)
2016-2017 - Preston Caldwell ('88)
2017-2018 - Kate Gravenmier Smith ('01)
2018-2021 - Lauren Crumpler Biggs ('97)
2021-2022 - Richard Rushing ('77)
2022-2023 - Leigh Ann Ford Dunlap ('85)
2023-2024 - Debbie Ownby McManus ('79)
Past MHSAA Secretaries
1955-1958 - Vergie Mae Martin ('29)
1958-1992 - Lurla B. Daniels Keith ('32)
1992-2007 - Marcelle Stevens Moore ('60)
2007-present - Dianne Price Thompson ('65)