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 Executive Director, or Texas School for the Blind Family Support Specialist, whose numbers are also listed below.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DBMAT
Stephen Schoen
(512) 336-7859
POSITIVE CONNECTIONS (DBMAT President- Paul Welch)
(432) 264-6780 (LEAVE MESSAGE OR FAX ON MACHINE) (Also - See Region 18 below)
FAMILY SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
Edgenie Bellah
bellahe@tsbvi.edu
(512) 206-9423
REGION 1 - MISSION
Jesse Prieto Jr.
(956) 519-6475
REGION 2 - ALICE
Patty Harris
(361) 728-5258
HarrisP@iwacc.org
REGION 3 - VICTORIA
Gina Sotiropoulos
(713) 290-8687
Ginagale62@sbcglobal.net
REGION 4 - HOUSTON
Caroline Daley
(281) 358-2902
Carolinedaley@hotmail.com
Cyndi Hunley
(281) 821-9005
Chunley@aol.com
LaChandra "Noel"
(832)-798-3425
noel1023@yahoo.com
Diane Shepard
(281) 999-3942
bshepard3942@aol.com
REGION 5 - BEAUMONT
Jo Ann & Guy Priddy
(409) 722-7016
priddyjo@uslinked.net
REGION 6 - BRYAN
Sheryl Palasota
(979) 846-4072
sherylpal@earthlink.net
REGION 7 - GILMER
Denise Sewell
(903) 734-7942
justthemom@hotmail.com
REGION 8- MT. PLEASANT
Larry Sewell
(903) 734-7942
lwstaz@hotmail.com
REGION 9 - WICHITA FALLS
Jay & Lisa Wick
(940) 569-2218
wicklisa@hotmail.com
REGION 10 - DALLAS
Linda Carter
(972) 285-5912
Lgcarter1956@sbcglobal.net
REGION 11 - FT. WORTH
Lynn Freeman
(817) 579-7859
budlynnfreeman@yahoo.com
REGION 12 - WACO
Tonia Johnson
(254) 776-0225
toniaj77@yahoo.com
REGION 13 - AUSTIN
Robbie Caldwell - Austin
(512) 462-1422
Darrel & Melody Dussetschleger -Lexington
(979) 773-4829
mdussetschleger@yahoo.com
REGION 14 - ABILENE
Dierdra Thompson
(325) 235-8253
deewaynethompson@aol.com
REGION 16 - AMARILLO
Santos Moya
(806) 457-4610
REGION 17 - Lubbock
Sherie Wittie
(806) 539-0050
mslfwittie@windstream.net
REGION 18 - MIDLAND
Celestine Rand
(915) 337-7739
carmlgd@ector_county.k12.tx.us
Paul and Susie Welch
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
Sharon Galvan
(210) 499-0251
sharongalvan@hotmail.com