Juvenile Justice Ministries

            
                                        About the Executive Committee

           The Executive Committee of the Juvenile Justice Ministries Network of Texas (JJMNT) serves as
             the Board of Directors for the Network. Members of the Committee are elected by the membership
             and serve in a volunteer capacity. JJMNT is Texas 501 c 3 Non-Profit Corporation.     

  Don Smarto, Chairman, National Representative
            Don has been working with high risk and incarcerated youth for twenty-five years . .
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           Mike Gahan, Vice Chairman, South Texas Representative
             Mike has been engaged in juvenile ministry at the county and state level . . .

          Weldon Fox, Treasurer, North Texas Representative 
             Working with youth has been a privilege in my life beginning with Cub Scouts . . .

          John Grubb, North Texas Representative
            John was born in Topeka, Kansas and moved to Texas in 1974
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          James R. Leslie, East Texas Representative
            James developed a holistic approach to working with gang-involved youth . . .

           Phil Oliver, Central Texas Representative
             Phil has been actively involved with marginalized and incarcerated youth
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          Shirley Orr-Smith, West Texas Representative
            Shirley is an ExOffico Member of the Executive Committee and one of its founders
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          Roy A. Teague, North Texas Representative
            Chaplain Roy is entering his 10th year of juvenile ministry in Dallas County
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          Boone Vastine, ExOfficio Member Secretary
            Boone is one of the founding members of JJMNT
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