DEBBIE SIMMONS

Anchor Point

NONPROFIT/VOLUNTEER

It is said that Debbie Simmons, CEO and founder of Anchor Point is a force — a true agent of change — filled with passion for the lost, abandoned and broken.

Debbie believes our communities are only as strong as our most vulnerable families. That is why she has spent the last 10 years establishing the work of Anchor Point to impact families, locally and nationally. Anchor Point is in Galveston County and is sole owner of Obria, (medical clinic), Hope Family Center (the hub of Anchor Point’s crisis care, life on-life education and coaching), Hope House (which is maternity housing), and Hope Community (which supplies support and education). These local ministries serve the community at large, including the underprivileged, struggling families and women in crisis.

From the start, Debbie has been one to work hard and color outside the lines, always willing and able to go where others don’t dare go. This is true whether it is helping abandoned and broken children, getting out of bed in the middle of the night for rescues with heartbroken moms, working to save desperate kids and their caregivers or waging war on all fronts to help young pregnant women find healing and success in their personal and professional lives. Debbie is a warrior, a hero and a champion for the underdog with unlimited empathy.

As a licensed and ordained minister, she also holds a master’s degrees in Organization Management and Christian Education and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Her nine adoptive children and ten grandchildren are living testaments to her calling to help others learn to love without regard to risk.

Through her leadership, Anchor Point has developed one-of-a-kind programs, such as Pathway to Hope Therapeutic Camp, a sexual abuse recovery group, All Star Dads — mentoring programs for fathers — prenatal and parental classes, a maternity home and much more.

Debbie Simmons is a servant leader who follows the adage, “Don’t follow me for what I say, but what I do.”