Advisory Committee

Legal Advisor: elizabeth Mcfarland

Ms. McFarland has ten years of experience as an attorney, six of which were spent as a U.S. Army Judge Advocate. She graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and spent four years as a military intelligence officer before attending law school at the University of Texas at Austin. She then served as a JAG at Fort Hood, Texas and Mosul, Iraq before leaving active duty to pursue private practice. She earned an LL.M. in Tax Law at the University of Florida before returning to Georgetown to raise her family.

Spiritual Care: Deacon Joe Ruiz

Deacon Joe Ruiz has been a resident of Georgetown for forty years. He has been married to Nydia Ruiz for forty-three years. They have two children and three grandchildren that also reside in Georgetown. He has been a Deacon at St. Helen Catholic Church for eighteen years. Prior to serving at St. Helen, he worked as a carpenter in Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas. As a Deacon, he is the leader of Hispanic Ministry and Social Ministry. His role in the Social Ministry is to represent St. Helen Catholic Church in the Community. He is the representative of St. Helen at the Ministerial Alliance in Georgetown. He is also a Chaplain at St. David's Georgetown Hospital and the Williamson County Jail. He also ministers at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor. He provides communion services on Saturdays at the center. He also served on the Georgetown Housing Advisory Committee in 2014-2015. Deacon Ruiz's interest in A Gift of Time stems from his experience with community caregivers needing help caring for a spouse living with dementia. Deacon Ruiz believes that there is a great need for an adult day care center in Georgetown and he wants to be a part of the solution to an identified problem facing our residents.

Pending

To be determined by program needs.