MOHAVE COUNTY — The Mohave County Board of Supervisors is made up of five individuals from various backgrounds. We caught up with them to learn more about them.
Sonny Borrelli
From the Marines and a small business owner to Arizona House of Representatives, even the Rodeo, Sonny Borrelli is now a Mohave County Supervisor, serving the residents of District 3. Most of his life has been that of public service.
Born in Rochester, New York, as the son of a Marine, Sonny spent his childhood in Texas. He later moved to Southern Calif. where he graduated from Chatsworth High School in the San Fernando Valley area in 1977.
After graduation, he spent 22 years with the Marines, 1977-1999, retiring as a highly disciplined Gunnery Sergeant specializing in logistics and combat service support.
Alongside the Marines, Sonny was passionate for rodeo, spending 11 years as the Commissioner of the Military Rodeo Cowboys Association (MRCA) from 1988 to 1999. He was inducted into the Military Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2020.
After his retirement from the Marines, Borrelli moved to Lake Havasu and focused on small business ownership before transitioning his leadership skills to local government.
He served on the Lake Havasu City Council from 2010 to 2012.
In 2012, Supervisor Borrelli won a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives for two terms.
With his military background, he Chaired the House Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee. He was also Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Committee.
In March 2015, Borrelli received the Copper Shield Award from the Unified Arizona Veterans for his work sponsoring and championing veteran-friendly legislation at the state Capitol.
In 2016, voters elected him to the Arizona State Senate where his impact and influence only increased.
In the Senate, he chaired the Government Committee, tackled complex fiscal policies on the Appropriations and Finance Committees, and audited state operations on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
In 2020, his Republican colleagues selected him as Majority Whip and later to Senate Majority Leader while simultaneously holding seats on four crucial committees: Government, Commerce, Judiciary, and Rules.
Borrelli was elected to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors in 2024.
He has brought decades of his knowledge back home to serve the residents of District 3.
Moving forwarded, he said he would like to focus on strengthening support for Public Safety, and infrastructure and economic development.
Supervisor Borrelli said his career proves that while you can take the man out of the Marines, you can never take the drive to serve out of the Marine.
“Service. Not self,” Borrelli said.
When this term is over in 2028, he said he plans on running for reelection to the Board of Supervisors.
His hobbies are the Rodeo and riding motorcycles.
The highlight of his career, thus far, is taking care of our veterans.
“The first cost of freedom is taking care of our veterans,” Supervisor Borrelli said.
Ron Gould
Considered the most conservative Arizona State Senator, Supervisor Ron Gould has held many seats and worn many hats before becoming a county supervisor. He’s also a small business owner and family man.
Gould served four terms as an Arizona State Senator from 2005 until 2013. During his reign in the Arizona Senate, he chaired several committees such as the Ethics Committee, Judiciary Committee, Transportation Committee and the Retirement Committee.
He was also Vice Chairman of Education, Appropriations, Judiciary, and Finance Committees.
His legislative record caught the eye of several conservative organizations: the Goldwater Institute, Americans for Prosperity, and the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers who rated him the most conservative Arizona State Senator.
As a conservative, Supervisor Gould emphasizes limited government, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and lower taxes.
In his role as Supervisor, he has kept his longtime promise to constituents and voted against property taxes in District 5.
He has also emphasized fiscal restraint.
“We need to send a message to Government that the State should tighten its belt and learn to live within means, just like you and me,” Gould stated in a 2010 Arizona election pamphlet.
He has also served on the Lake Havasu City Council from 2001 to 2004.
Since 1984, he has owned and operated a small business – an air conditioning contracting business.
Gould grew up in Orange County, California, but moved to Arizona in 1995 with his wife, Janice, and their three children.
They were in search of a better quality of life and lower taxes and he said they have found that here in Mohave County.
“Although the state has reduced taxation, local tax increases have outpaced inflation and population growth. We need to be vigilant to not California but Arizona,” Supervisor Gould said.
He was elected to the Mohave County Board of Supervisors in 2018 and reelected in 2024 for District 5. When his term expires in 2028, he said he said he plans to run for reelection.
His primary focus is on responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, protecting individual freedoms, maintaining local control, and ensuring the county government remains responsive and accountable for the residents it serves.
Supervisor Gould loves to read. His outdoor activities include hunting, motorcycling, horseback riding, boating, water skiing, and gardening. His faith is also important to him.
“I am an evangelical Christian and a member of First Southern Baptist Church of Yucca, where I serve as a Deacon,” Supervisor Gould said.
“I am a former member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Religious Liberty Commission where I served with Chairman Dr. Richard Land.”
Supervisor Gould and his wife Janice currently have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Rich Lettman
Before becoming Mohave County Supervisor for District 2, Rich Lettman was a professional businessman, heavily involved in his community. He was instrumental in the county takeover of the Bullhead Laughlin Airport. He also took the lead to reopen Davis Dam for tourism and education and unveiled a new logo for the site. His lead produced many positive results for Mohave County.
The third of four children, Rich grew up in San Gabriel, Calif. (Los Angeles County). His father was from the Navajo Nation near Shiprock, New Mexico. His mother, the youngest of 12 children, moved to Calif. from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl in 1930.
Lettman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Brigham Young University in 1972. In 1997, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Miami in Florida.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he held several management positions with Carter Hawley Hale, which later became Macy’s, from 1972 to 1993, both in the Bay Area and in Phoenix.
He held senior finance and special-projects positions with Home Depot from 1993 to 2009, in the U.S. and in Europe.
He was also a consultant to Xerox in Manila in 2010.
He moved to Bullhead City in 2011 and founded COIT Cleaning and Restoration which grew to over 240 employees, but, sold it in late 2023.
Lettman became involved in his community, serving on the boards of Laughlin Chamber of Commerce, Bullhead-Mohave Valley Association of Realtors, Mohave County Transportation Commission, and Mohave County Board of Adjustments. He was also a member of the Bullhead City Council and the Rotary Club.
Lettman was elected as Mohave County Supervisor for District 2, covering Bullhead City and surrounding areas, in 2024; his term expires in 2028.
As a county supervisor, he has been instrumental in introducing and supporting several projects and policies for the county.
Some of his key policies include Infrastructure and Transportation as a member of the Bullhead City Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to ensure equitable allocation of resources for Mohave County residents; Fiscal Management and Budget Oversight, focusing on responsible budgeting and financial accountability within county operations; Community Engagement and Local Government to address community development and transportation priorities.
Supervisor Lettman was also instrumental for opening the Davis Dam.
In April 2025, the Board of Supervisors, with Lettman’s support, voted unanimously to ask the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to reopen the Davis Dam in Bullhead City for recreation and educational purposes.
They opened it for a one-day public tour for National Public Lands Day.
On October 6, 2025, Lettman unveiled an official 75th anniversary logo at the Board of Supervisors meeting.
Today, tourists can walk or bike across the Davis Dam crest, explore nearby recreation and camping areas and enjoy water activities on Lake Mohave.
Supervisor Lettman organized America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration at the Mohave County Library in Bullhead City which included a display of Revolutionary flags, mini golf, scavenger hunts, crafts for the kids and teens, and family-friendly entertainment.
Lettman also led the approval for a $4 million project to renovate a county-owned building for an in-house medical examiner’s office, and to recruit pathologists, investigators, technicians, and administrative support to open July 1, 2027.
Most recently, Supervisor Lettman led the county’s effort to take over the Bullhead/Laughlin Airport because of their multi-year $500,000 plus operating losses, failed financial audits, a lack of transparency, alleged violations of Arizona’s open meeting law and improper financial actions by the Airport Authority, and an unauthorized $700,000 loan taken out by the airport director without written board approval.
In August 2025, Supervisor Lettman, when issuing a joint formal demand for resignation of top Mohave County Airport Authority (MCAA) officials, said their actions and remarks had “undermined public confidence, breached professional standards, and potentially violated Arizona Open Meeting Laws.”
Under his leadership, the MCAA surrendered Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport to the county earlier this month; they have hired interim Director Ed Faron to replace James Scheller.
Don Martin
William Donald “Don” Martin, Dist. 4, elected in November 2024 and taking office January 2025 as the Mohave County Supervisor has spent most of his life in public service.
“My position then, as it is now, I am a public servant, not a politician,” Martin stated.
His public service as County Supervisor in Dist. 4 includes part of Kingman, Golden Valley, Oatman, White Hills, Dolan Springs, Chloride, Meadview and some of the Hualapai Mountains.
Born in Phoenix, Martin has lived on the K4 Ranch 50 miles from Prescott. He also lived in Glendale where he graduated high school and started Community College before enlisting in the U.S. Army, but his public service began much earlier.
He said he began his public service career as a Boy Scout and at the age of 15, he joined the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets.
After high school in 1969, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he was a MOS 95B Military Police officer. He retired in 1972 as a Sergeant E-5. He served in the U.S. and Germany for two years, nine months and 13 days.
In 1972, he was hired by the Kingman Police Department as a Patrolman where he was selected by Kingman Chamber of Commerce as the Mohave County Law Enforcement Officer of the year.
For the Kingman Police Department, he also worked Patrol, Detectives, Special Operations with AZ DPS task force, Sergeant KPD Special Operations Bureau, and was a Certified Carnival Inspector.
In 1986, Martin was hired as a Sergeant by the Gilbert Police Department. Unfortunately, he was injured while pursuing a burglary suspect and gad to take a medical retirement in 1987. He then moved back to Kingman and started his own business.
That business was Arizona Wildlife Outfitters and Striper Hunters which opened in 1988 until he ran for County Supervisor in 2024.
An avid outdoorsman, Martin is the Outdoors Writer for the Kingman Miner since 1986 and was the Arizona Game and Fish Department Outdoors Writer of the Year in 1986.
From 1995 to 2020 he voluntarily was a Chief and Master Hunter Education Instructor for Arizona Game and Fish Department.
He served as Chairman of the Wilderness, Wildlife and Endangered Species for Mohave County Public Lands Use Committee from 1995-2006.
He won the Kingman Elks Lodge Public Service Award in 2008.
He was Mentor of the Year for Arizona Game and Fish Commission in 2012.
Supervisor Martin was past President and Government Liaison for the Mohave Sportsman Club from 1992 to 2012.
He served on the Black Mountain Ecosystem Management Team for the Bureau of Land Management 1990-1993.
He was Event Coordinator for Kids Fidhing Day 2003-2015 and Fishing For Smiles Supporter from 2015-2025.
In 2013, Martin became the only Mohave County resident ever to be inducted into the Arizona Outdoor Hall of Fame.
He was also a radio show host here in Kingman in the 1970s and host for Mohave County Outdoors, a TV show in the early 2000s.
Martin said he is a card-carrying member of the Choctaw tribe in Oklahoma from his mother’s side.
He had one brother, Gary D. Martin, who passed August 2, and one younger sister Scheryl Woods in Golden Valley.
He has a son, Jimmy D. Martin and two grandsons – Logan James and Jace Taylor, who live in Oklahoma.
Will he run for reelection?
“Election is too far away. No decision,” Supervisor Martin said.
Travis Lingenfelter
Mohave County Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter, District 1, has been a public servant for Mohave County for many years, not only on the executive professional level, but also as an elected official.
“My approach to government is rooted in conservative principals shared by so many of my fellow Mohave County residents.”
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, but has lived in Kingman since he was two years old. He graduated from Kingman High School in 1994, spent time away for a while, pursuing education and professional development.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree in American Political Studies from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Norwich is America’s oldest private military college and the birthplace of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC).
He returned to Kingman in 2004 to accept the position of Mohave County Procurement Director and has served Mohave County in several other executive level, professional positions.
Those positions include Economic Development Director, Legislative Liaison and Special Projects Manager under the County Manager’s office, Project Manager for the approximately $76 million Mohave County Adult Detention Center, Vice Chairman of the Mohave County Water Authority and Chair for Mohave County’s Public Lands Commission.
Before being elected to county supervisor and reelected in 2024, where he has served as Chair for the past three years, Lingenfelter served in other elected public service positions such as Mohave College District Governing Board 2010-2014; Kingman City Council 2017-2018; Kingman’s Vice Mayor 2019-2020.
Lingenfelter said over the past 10 years, protecting our water future has been one of the most important responsibilities of his public service. “Mohave County’s water resources must always be protected for the people, communities, and economic future of Mohave County,” he said.
Another major priority of his is the responsible multiple use of public lands.
“Much of Mohave County’s land is controlled by the federal government. Decisions made by distant agencies in D.C. directly affect our economy, access, public safety, and our rural way of life.”
Lingenfelter said critical infrastructure has also been high on his priority list.
“A region cannot attract employers, support housing, protect neighborhoods or sustain long-term growth without adequate water systems, roads, bridges, flood control, fiber broadband, reliable energy, utility corridors, and industrial land.”
Lingenfelter said other priorities for him include strengthening law enforcement, improving public facilities, supporting youth and STEM programs, protecting election integrity, maintaining accountable government and supporting locally owned small businesses.
Supervisor Chair Lingenfelter said outside of work he enjoys exercising, being outdoors, traveling, reading, attending events, and spending time with the people he cares about.”
“As for my political future, I haven’t made any final decisions regarding post-2028. My immediate responsibility is to complete the term the voters entrusted to me, and to continue delivering big results and wins for District 1 and Mohave County.”
“I am, however, entertaining a future campaign to continue representing District 1. I have also contemplated a future run for U.S. Congressman to represent our entire congressional district in the United States House of Representatives one day.”
“All of my future decisions will be made carefully, with prayer, and with serious consideration for our region and where I could make the greatest contributions.”
