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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
  • Ryan Estrada, Treasurer – Audit Senior Manager | AFairchild CPA
  • Susie McAlister, Member at Large​ – Community Volunteer

Directors

  • Robert Blake, Director, Bit by Bit Computer Consultants
  • Sheila Brock, Retired | Community Volunteer
  • Linda Crosby, Retired | Community Volunteer
  • Sally Graff, Retired | The Conley Group Foundation Treasurer
  • Leanne Haynes, AISD School Board Trustee, River Legacy Foundation
  • Lisa Jamieson, Attorney | Shareholder | Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.
  • Sandy Lester, Retired, Arlington ISD | Community Volunteer
  • Linda O’Neal, Community Volunteer
  • Carolyn Peterson, Special Education Teacher, Arlington ISD
  • Rolando Ramirez, Stationery Engineer, Lockheed/Martin
  • William “Pistol” Robinson, Senior Pastor, St. Stephen UMC
  • Cynthia Smitherman, Research Project Manager, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Brandie Spletzer, Senior Pastor, Epworth UMC
  • Deborah Stokes, Retired | Parent of Intellectually Disabled Adult
  • Kristin Warthen, Senior Pastor, St. Andrew’s UMC, Arlington
  • Chris Wood, Web Developer, UT Arlington / HandsomeWeb

Honorary Directors

  • Bobbie Andress – Community Volunteer

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.