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Executive Director

Steve Brooks

Steve Brooks is the executive director of Arlington’s Advocates for Special People, an organization that helps intellectually disabled adults.

He’s been involved with the group in some capacity for nearly 10 years now. This selfless leader will be the first to tell you that this organization is going places, and that it is the communities support and the volunteers that help this organization to thrive.

To learn more about Steve Brooks, please check out this article at Mansfield Magazine.com

Board of Directors

Officers

  • Mike Love, President​ – Retired Elder | United Methodist Church
  • Sally Powers , Vice President – Retired Special Education Teacher | Arlington ISD
  • Cathy Gorham, Secretary – Retired Claims-Sup Auto MOI Coordinator | Allstate Insurance
  • Steve Pyburn, Treasurer – President | Cable TV ADS
  • Susie McAlister, Member at Large​ – Community Volunteer

Directors

  • Bobbie Andress, Community Volunteer – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult,
  • Robert Blake, Director, Bit by Bit Computer Consultants
  • Sheila Brock, Retired – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult,
  • Linda Crosby, Retired – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult,
  • Cathy Gorham, Board Secretary Retired – Claims-Sup Auto MOI Coordinator – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult, Allstate Insurance
  • Leanne Haynes, AISD School Trustee, River Legacy Foundation
  • Lisa Jamieson, Attorney, Shareholder – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult, Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.
  • Sandy Lester, Retired Teacher – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult, Arlington ISD
  • Mike Love, Board President, Retired UMC Senior Pastor
  • Susie McAlister, Board Member at Large Community Volunteer
  • Linda O’Neal, Community Volunteer – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult
  • Carolyn Peterson, Special Education Teacher, Arlington ISD
  • Sally Powers, Board Vice President Retired Special Education Teacher, Arlington ISD
  • Steve Pyburn, Board Treasurer President Global Ad Automation, Global Ad Automation
  • Rolando Ramirez, Stationery Engineer, Lockheed/Martin
  • William “Pistol” Robinson, Senior Pastor, St. Stephen UMC
  • Cynthia Smitherman, Research Project Manager – Sister of Intellectually Disabled Adult, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Brandie Spletzer, Senior Pastor, Epworth UMC
  • Deborah Stokes, Retired – Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult, Texas Health Resources
  • Kristin Warthen, Senior Pastor, St. Andrew’s UMC, Arlington
  • Christopher Wood, Web Developer, UT Arlington / HandsomeWeb

Want to get in contact with our board for a specific need, request or question? Please email us at board@advocatessp.org. We would love to hear from you. Thank you.