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Tim Brown named MCH interim president
4/8/2010
The Methodist Children’s Home Board of Directors named Tim Brown, a veteran childcare administrator, as interim president of the agency. He will serve in this role while the board begins its search for a new president to succeed Bobby Gilliam.
The announcement was made by Dr. Clayton Oliphint, chairperson of the board and senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Richardson. “I know Tim welcomes this new challenge and he will provide strong leadership as we build on the momentum gained during Bobby’s seven years of outstanding service as president,” Oliphint said.
“Tim is widely-respected at Methodist Children’s Home and throughout the childcare profession. As a board, we are grateful for his commitment and loyalty to Methodist Children’s Home for nearly three decades.”
Brown has held various leadership roles during 26 years of service at MCH, most recently as vice president for community services. He left MCH in 1991 to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Lee and Beulah Moor Children’s Home in El Paso, a position he held until he returned to MCH in 2000 as an administrator of residential care.
As vice president for community services, Brown has directed the home’s foster care and family preservation services across Texas and New Mexico. MCH has outreach offices or programs serving 14 cities and surrounding areas in these two states.
Brown has been a strong advocate of services to children in Waco and throughout the state. He has served on the Baylor University Social Work Advisory Board, the McLennan Community College Curriculum Advisory Boards for Child Care and Mental Health, and the Texas Association of Licensed Children’s Services, among others. He has been a member of the Child Fatality Review Teams of El Paso County and McLennan County the past 15 years.
“I believe that individuals and agencies who work with at-risk children and families have a great privilege and a great responsibility,” Brown said. “We must be diligent in our daily efforts to establish and maintain trusting relationships with children who experience tragic hardships in life and who are challenged by the resulting pain and defeats of those experiences. We have the responsibility to help these children discover the power of hope in their lives.”
A resident of Crawford, Brown earned degrees from Baylor University and Tarleton State University. He and his wife, Susan, have three children – Remi, Matt and K.C.
Oliphint said the MCH Board of Directors will soon begin the search process for the agency’s 10th president. He said a timetable has not been set for the process.
Brown has held various leadership roles during 26 years of service at MCH, most recently as vice president for community services. He left MCH in 1991 to serve as president and chief executive officer of the Lee and Beulah Moor Children’s Home in El Paso, a position he held until he returned to MCH in 2000 as an administrator of residential care.
As vice president for community services, Brown has directed the home’s foster care and family preservation services across Texas and New Mexico. MCH has outreach offices or programs serving 14 cities and surrounding areas in these two states.
Brown has been a strong advocate of services to children in Waco and throughout the state. He has served on the Baylor University Social Work Advisory Board, the McLennan Community College Curriculum Advisory Boards for Child Care and Mental Health, and the Texas Association of Licensed Children’s Services, among others. He has been a member of the Child Fatality Review Teams of El Paso County and McLennan County the past 15 years.
“I believe that individuals and agencies who work with at-risk children and families have a great privilege and a great responsibility,” Brown said. “We must be diligent in our daily efforts to establish and maintain trusting relationships with children who experience tragic hardships in life and who are challenged by the resulting pain and defeats of those experiences. We have the responsibility to help these children discover the power of hope in their lives.”
A resident of Crawford, Brown earned degrees from Baylor University and Tarleton State University. He and his wife, Susan, have three children – Remi, Matt and K.C.
Oliphint said the MCH Board of Directors will soon begin the search process for the agency’s 10th president. He said a timetable has not been set for the process.