Contact Us
Volunteers, who are family members of people who are deaf blind, with experience working with schools, government offices, and service providers, are available to assist families of people who are deafblind. If there is no Regional Coordinator in your Region, or you want general information about deafblindness, feel free to contact our President, or Texas School for the Blind Family Support Specialist, whose numbers are also listed below.
DBMAT PRESIDENT- (POSITIVE CONNECTIONS)
Paul Welch
(432) 264-6780 (See Region 18 below for more contact information)
FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
Edgenie Bellah
(512) 206-9423
bellahe@tsbvi.edu
REGION 1 - MISSION
Myrta Torres
(713) 834-2941
mtorres@thearcofgreaterhouston.com
REGION 2 - ALICE
Gina Sotiropoulos
(713) 290-8687
REGION 3 - VICTORIA
Gina Sotiropoulos
(713) 290-8687
Region 4 - HOUSTON
George & Christine Givens
(281) 370-8195
Caroline Daley
(281) 358-2902
Carolinedaley@hotmail.com
Cyndi Hunley
(281) 821-9005
Chunley@aol.com
Myrta Torres
(713) 834-2941
mtorres@thearcofgreaterhouston.com
REGION 5 - BEAUMONT
Jo Ann & Guy Priddy
(409) 722-7016
REGION 6 - BRYAN
Sheryl Palasota
(979) 846-4072
REGION 7 - GILMER
Denise Sewell
(903) 790-3204
justthemom@hotmail.com
REGION 8 - MT. PLEASANT
Larry Sewell
(903) 790-4026
REGION 9 - WICHITA FALLS
Jay & Lisa Wick
(940) 569-2218
wicklisa@hotmail.com
REGION 10 - DALLAS
Carolyn Kerr
(972) 843-2646
Linda Carter
(972) 285-5912
Lgcarter1956@sbcglobal.net
REGION 11 - FORT WORTH
Derrell Roberts
(469) 774-9920
mon3y25@verizon.net
REGION 12 - WACO
Contact DBMAT President @ Region 18 below
REGION 13 - AUSTIN
Robbie Caldwell - Austin
(512) 462-1422
Darrel & Melody Dussetschleger -Lexington
(979) 773-4829
REGION 14 - ABILENE
Dierdra Thompson
(325) 235-8253
deewaynethompson@aol.com
Wanda Vinson
(325) 692-0943
wanda.vinson@sbcglobal.net
REGION 16 - AMARILLO
Contact DBMAT President @ Region 18 below
REGION 17 - LUBBOCK
Sherrie Wittie
(806) 539-0050
REGION 18 - MIDLAND
Celestine Rand
(432) 337-7739
jacque.carillo@gmail.com
Paul (and Susie) Welch - DBMAT President
909 Mt. Park Drive
Big Spring, TX 79720
Voice/Fax: (432) 264-6780
Home: 432-263-1658
Cell: 432-935-3900
pwelch@usaonline.net
REGION 19 - EL PASO
Rosa Douglass
(915) 595-3853
rosemeow63@yahoo.com
REGION 20 - SAN ANTONIO
Ofelia Puente
(210) 330-6481
Sharon Galvan
(210) 499-0251
sharongalvan@hotmail.com