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Meet Our Leadership Team!
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Founder and Executive Director, Arloa Sutter
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Arloa Sutter is the visionary leader and founder of Breakthrough Urban
Ministries. Years ago, God put on Arloa’s heart His compassion to help
those in need. Arloa began Breakthrough when she simply responded to a
need and opened up an unused church meeting room and served hot coffee
and lunch to the homeless. Soon she began to build relationships with
those she was helping and focused her ministry on shelter, hot meals,
counseling, and supportive services to homeless men.
As the
needs of the community grew, so did Arloa’s vision for Breakthrough.
In 2000, Breakthrough renovated a building in East Garfield Park to
expand their capacity to serve homeless women, and shortly after, their
youth and family program was added. Today, Breakthrough stands as a
center of hope for community residents and families of Chicago’s west
side.
Arloa holds a Doctorate of Ministry degree from the Bakke
Graduate University and an MA in Urban Mission from Lincoln Christian
Seminary. She serves on the boards of the Chicago Low-Income Housing
Trust Fund and the Partnership to End Homelessness as well as the
Evangelical Free Church National Urban Task Force.
asutter@breakthroughministries.com
CLICK HERE to read Arloa's blog. |
Chief Operating Officer, Bill Curry
| Bill is the Chief Operating Officer at Breakthrough, overseeing programming
for Men’s, Women’s, and Youth and Family Services. In 2000, Bill and
his wife, Marcie, established the Youth and Family Service Program in
the East Garfield Park neighbor-hood. Bill is a “die-hard Sox fan” and
is currently pursuing a graduate degree at North Park University’s
School of Business and Non-Profit Management.
bcurry@breakthroughministries.com |
Director of Interim Housing, Yolanda Fields
 | Yolanda is the Director of Interim Housing. She joined the
Breakthrough team in 2003 as Director of Street Outreach. Since 2004,
she has held the title of Director of Women’s Services. She is married
to Pastor Cy Fields, and together they have one daughter, Summer.
Yolanda is also the Director of Women’s Ministry at Landmark Missionary
Baptist Church where she teaches Sunday school and is involved as a
youth leader.
yfields@breakthroughministries.com |
Director of Youth and Family Services, Marcie Curry
 | Marcie is the Director of the Youth & Family Services program. She
joined Breakthrough in 2000 as the Academic Coordinator for the youth
program. In March of 2006, she was promoted to her current role. She
received her BA degree in English Education from Cedarville College.
She is married to Bill Curry, and they live together with their three
children, Quinn, Avery, and Addy in East Garfield Park. She is
actively involved in the Women’s Urban Youth Workers Learning
Community, which is part of the Urban Youth Worker Institute.
mcurry@breakthroughministries.com |
Director of Life Transforming Skills, Robert Wiley
 | Robert first joined Breakthrough in March of 2006 as the Director of
Men’s Services. For 10 years, he served as the Chicago Area Director
of Community Addiction Services at the Gateway Foundation, and is a
certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor. He has a BA in Substance
Abuse Treatment/Administration from the Northeastern Illinois
University. Robert has three adult sons, Anthony, Julian, and Jason,
and he loves jazz and sports.
rwiley@breakthroughministries.com |
Director of Administration, John Smith
 | John is responsible for overseeing financial administration, human
resources, and IT. He joined the Break-through team in 2002.
Previously, John worked for North Lawndale YMCA as a youth worker and
for Chesterfield First Free Will Baptist Church as a youth pastor.
John obtained his BA in Educational Ministries, Bible, and Religion
from Huntington University in Indiana. John and his wife, Amy, live
with their son, Aiden, in East Garfield Park near the Breakthrough
Joshua Center.
jsmith@breakthroughministries.com |
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