“Miss” Ronda has a passion for stage production and live performance. She has directed the Utah County, Salem, and Little Miss Salem pageants as part of the Miss America organization. She has coached many contestants in the Miss America organization including two ‘Miss Utahs.’

Ronda has ran a private music and piano studio for nearly 30 years and studied Piano Performance with Dr Nancy Allred at Dixie State University. She also studied Piano Pedagogy and Theory with Dr. Allred and her concert pianist sister, Shauna Leavitt. She has also studied with Margaret Brown and Heidi Alley. Ronda has had a lifetime of musical influence as her mother and grandmother were her first teachers as a young girl.

She is the owner of American Pageantry – a national talent contest for youth. When she is not busy running her businesses, she enjoys running marathons and has completed over 50 to date and wants to run 100 in her lifetime. She resides with her husband Dr. Chris in St. George.

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