Our Team
Only in Recovery can you find companies, organizations, men and women who usually work in competition with each other for business, come together under one name to support a purpose much greater than themselves.
Houston Run For Recovery is about all people in Recovery banding together to celebrate sobriety, recovery, and life regardless of professional affiliations, politics, or religions.
Houston Run For Recovery is about all people in Recovery banding together to celebrate sobriety, recovery, and life regardless of professional affiliations, politics, or religions.
Santa Maria Hostel, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit organization, has over 50 years of experience serving women in crisis, and continually responding to the emerging needs of the community they serve. In 1990, Santa Maria's substance abuse treatment program for women was initiated. Santa Maria features two residential facilities capable of providing a home-like environment for women alone and with their children while in treatment for addiction. Once a client has utilized either supportive or intensive residential services, they offer a continuum of services to assist her in living a sober life. Santa Maria offers mental health services as well as outpatient programming at multiple sites.CEO Kay Austin serves as Co-Chairman of the Run For Recovery Committee and is supported by Santa Maria staff members Barbara Page, Financial Officer, Tommy Austin, Sponsorship Committee member, Amelia Murphy, Marketing Committee member, and Pam Vangiessen, Volunteer Committee member.
Extended Aftercare, Inc. (EAI) is a 90-day, all male supportive residential substance abuse treatment facility located in Houston, Texas. Licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services, EAI's unique, transitional approach to chemical dependency treatment has been helping men to reclaim their lives for the past 20 years. EAI is also host to the Extended Aftercare Alumni Association, one of the most active treatment center alumni groups in the nation, whose volunteer programs, events and community are an invaluable resource to EAI, Houston Run For Recovery and the Recovery Community of Houston. CEO Keith Liles serves as Co-Chairman of the Run For Recovery Committee and is supported by EAI employees Anthony K. Davis, Advertising Chairman and Webmaster, and Terry Smith, Marketing Committee member.
The mission of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston, a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is to keep our healthy, productive and safe by providing services and information to all who may be adversely affected by alcohol and drugs. The vision of The Council is a metropolitan Houston in which substance abuse is no longer a major community problem; all people who experience alcohol, drug or related problems have access to effective, affordable services that address their needs; and that individuals and organizations shrug off the shame and stigma currently attached to substance abuse. With the support of President & CEO William (Mel) Taylor, The Council's Monica Brown-Broussard serves as a Planning Committee Member and Marketing Chairman with John Guill, Marketing Committee member.
The remainder of the Planning Committee for Houston Run For Recovery consists of volunteers from various companies and organizations such as:
Anthony K. Davis, Webmaster, Designer, Advertising Chairman from Kase Designs
Debbie Mercer, Race Logistics Chairman from USA FIT
Susan Purcell, Registration Logistics Chairman, from Mercy Street
Suraiya Culp, Race Logistics Committee member, from Luke's Locker
Karen Villarreal, Registration and Marketing Committee member, from Hermann Memorial PaRC
Ellen Horst, Sponsorship Committee Chairman, from Houston TAAP
Blayne Mounger, After-Race and Volunteer Committee member, from the Houston Recovery Community