Albert M. Arrington

Albert Arrington began his affiliation with Tuerk House in 1989 when he arrived at Weisman-Kaplan House for continuing support for his 27-year drug addiction after completing the 28-day adult residential treatment program at Perry Point Veterans Hospital. After a year of involvement with the AA Program, Mr. Arrington was honored with election to secretary of the weekly AA Sunday Meeting Program at Tuerk House. He served in this position for one year.

Mr. Arrington’s career with Tuerk House began as a part-time night monitor, advancing to a full-time counselor position June 1992. Since then, he has been promoted to numerous leadership roles, including clinical supervisor, coordinator of the Veterans Initiative Outpatient Program (1998), and site manager of the Weisman-Kaplan House (2009). In 2010, Mr. Arrington was named the site manager of the Howard House and, in 2019, he oversaw the move of Howard House to its current location in Ellicott City.

During his tenure at Tuerk House, he has participated in the Chemical Dependency Counselor Associates of Arts degree program at Dundalk Community College and is now a certified supervised alcohol and drug counselor (CSC-AD). Mr. Arrington is also very active with the Lansdowne Church of God, where he became a lay pastor in 1994 and currently serves on the pastor’s board.