She says you'd never guess it about her. Seems she has a hard time delegating.

To those who know her, it simply speaks to her long list of accomplishments. To those who don't know her, we're proud to introduce you to Rhonda Russell, LH volunteer extraordinaire.

With a professional background in education and writing, Russell spent a good number of days on the front lines teaching middle school students. She describes it as the most unusual, funniest and hardest job she's ever had.

"They're like fire ants," she says of the middle-schoolers. "They are on high speed constantly. I once told a father that when you have a child that age in your mid-forties, it is a joke from God."

"All parties involved are going through a change in life, and they're thrown in together to deal with it."

These days Russell is probably best known around town as the current president of the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands. Her commitment to the group and its mission is second to none.

On a personal note, together with her childhood sweetheart and husband Lee, she has two grown children, Lee Jr. and Lindsay.

Lee Jr. currently serves in the Texas National Guard and has completed two tours of duty for our country, one to Iraq and more recently to Afghanistan.

It is his service that relates directly to another of Russell's causes - a group of very special ladies known as the Lake Highlands Military Moms.

As founder of the group, it's easy to understand her passion in listening to Russell describe what it means to her.

"Being a military mother, I know first hand the heartache and difficulties of our military families as they send their family members into battle."

"Offering a support group like the LH Military Moms has provided the faith and courage needed when our loved ones are deployed multiple times."

By partnering with the Exchange Club, this group of mothers works to support deployed service members from Lake Highlands any way they can.

"I never want any of our men and women from this community to doubt that they are remembered at all times," she says.

So when she's not leading the charge in community building and volunteering, where might you find her?

"On a typical Saturday, I'm either on a weekend getaway to our fishing club in East Texas fishing for a big bass or doing absolutely nothing," says Russell.

"Weekends for me are a time for rejuvenation in preparation for the week to come."

But what about that issue with delegating?

"I do have this tendency to think that if I don’t do it, it won’t get done," she says.

Lucky for Lake Highlands, the community at large looks to be benefiting from that particular Russell characteristic.

To learn more about the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands, here. To get in touch with the LH Military Moms, readers can email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Photo (below left) Military Moms pose for a group picture; (below right) the Russell family enjoys the recent Easter holiday.