Gar Lile is the founder and current President of Lile Real Estate, founded in February 1993. Gar is a licensed real estate broker in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas; an Accredited Land Consultant (ALC), and an Arkansas state Certified General Appraiser.

Lile is a former candidate member of the Appraisal Institute, and was elected to participate in the Appraisal Institute’s Young Advisory Council in Washington, D.C. in 1996. He is actively involved in the ownership and development of farms and recreational properties in Arkansas and has a hand in many major farm and recreational development projects. Gar is managing partner of Lile Farming Company, which is actively engaged in farming row crops and rice.

As a lifelong outdoors man and prior national trustee of Delta Waterfowl, Gar has a special appreciation and understanding of the issues facing our natural resources, in particular North America’s waterfowl resources. He is a Life Sponsor of Delta Waterfowl, a sponsor member of Ducks Unlimited, Quality Deer Management Association, the Nature Conser- vancy, and the National Audubon Society. He is a board member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation. He served approximately seven years as a National Director on the Delta Waterfowl Foundation Board. In December of 2014, he was named an Honorary Director of Delta Waterfowl’s Foundation Board.

Gar is a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in business and a minor in agriculture. He is active in the Catholic Church and the Boys and Girls Club. Gar and his wife, Teresa, have been married since 1986, and have three children, Gardner (wife Leah), Garrett (wife Kathleen), and Grace Ann.

Since 1989, Gar has been extensively involved in the valuation, brokerage and development of agricultural, timberland and recreational properties in the Mid-South. He has been the lead facilitator in the placement of hundreds of thousands of acres, and is credited as the founder of the two (2) largest Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) joint ventures in the U.S.; the Woodson Joint Venture in 2003 with approximately 7,200 acres, and the England Joint Venture in 2006 with approximately 11,400 acres. Gar’s commitment to conservation was recognized and featured nationally in the November/December 2005 issue of Audubon Magazine for his work to return marginal farmlands to their natural state through government conservation programs.

Gar is well attuned to current agricultural practices and development procedures to enhance agricultural lands for crop yield and irrigation improvements through government cost share and conservation programs through his personal farming practices on his own land, as well as the management of several well-known large farming operations and joint ventures.