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Board of Directors

Mount Union Area Board of Education

Updated April 26, 2023

Board 2022-2023
(Left to Right: Jamie Inch, Linda McClure, Toni Welsh, Carol Jackson, Lee Forgy, Dolly Ranck, John Martinez, Kristy Myers, Duane Gearhart)

BOARD COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE
BUDGET COMMITTEE
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
ATHLETIC/TITLE IX COMMITTEE
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS/TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

Mount Union Area School Board of Directors 

School Board President
– Duane Gearhart
School Board Vice-President – Kristy Myers
School Board Secretary – Deanna Lee Wagner, non-member, [email protected]
School Board Solicitor – Attorney Orris C. Knepp, III -- K&S Attorneys At Law

School Board of Directors
Service as of December 2022

Duane Gearhart[email protected]
Board President
Region 1 -- Wayne Township, Newton Hamilton and Kistler Borough – Mifflin County
Mapleton Depot Borough – Huntingdon County
Term – 2025
Service – 13 years
Previously served as Vice-President of the Board -- 1 year
District Representative – Previously served on the TIU #11 Board
Alternate for Huntingdon County Career & Technology Board 2023

Kristy Myers  [email protected]
Board Vice-President

Region 3 – Union Township Shirley Township and Shirleysburg Borough
Appointment  January 2022 through November 2023 election.
Term -- 2-year unexpired to 2023
Service -- 1 years
Position will be a 4-Year Term in the November 2023 election.

Lee Forgy – 
[email protected]
Region 1 -- Wayne Township, Newton Hamilton and Kistler Borough – Mifflin County
Mapleton Depot Borough – Huntingdon County
Term - 2023 -- two-year term
Service -- 1 year, 6 months
Previous appointment May 2021 to November 2021.
District Representative -- Huntingdon County Career & Technology Center Board
Position will be a 4-year term in the November 2023 election.

Brian Kritzer -- [email protected]
Region 3 – Union Township, Shirley Township and Shirleysburg Borough
Term – Appointment till November 2023
Term will be a 2-Year Unexpired Term In November 2023 Election


Carol Jackson – [email protected]
Region 2 – Mount Union Borough
Term – 2023
Service – 3 years

John Martinez – [email protected]
Region 2 – Mount Union Borough
Term - 2025
Service 1 year, 1 month (includes previous appointment)
Previous Appointment - October 2021 to December 2021

Linda McClure – [email protected]
Region 3 – Union Township, Shirley Township and Shirleysburg Borough
Term – 2025
Service – 19 years, 9 months
(Includes one appointment)
District Representative – Tuscarora Intermediate Unit #11

Dolly Ranck [email protected] 
Region 1 – Wayne Township, Newton Hamilton and Kistler Borough – Mifflin County
Mapleton Depot Borough – Huntingdon County
Term – 2023
Service – 19 years, 9 months
(Includes one appointment)
Previously served as Vice-President of the Board - 4 years
Previously served as President of the Board - 8 years
Previously served as District's Representative:
Huntingdon County Career & Technology Center and as PSBA Liaison Chairperson

 Toni Welsh – [email protected]
Region 2 -- Mount Union Borough
Appointment January 2022 through November 2023 election.
Term -- 2-year unexpired to 2023
Service -- 1 year, 4 months includes previous appointment
Position will be a 4-Year Term in the November 2023 election.