Joe Aldrete was raised in San Jose, California and came to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ in 1989. Mr. Aldrete describes his conversion this way, “I was completely lost and living a life full of emptiness when my Savior called me, forgave me, changed me, and put me on the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. I knew that God had a plan for my life and that plan was to be in service to Him.”

Joe entered the ministry in 1994 at Calvary Chapel Mareno Valley in Mareno Valley, California where he was a pastoral intern for three years and became an ordained minister in 1997.

He was a Youth Pastor for seven years, spent three years as a College Pastor, two years as an Executive Pastor, and spent two years traveling to the U.K, Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan teaching and instructing local pastors. He also served as Chaplain for the Family Justice Court in Riverside, California and in 2003, he became the chaplain for the Riverside Sheriff Department.

Joe moved from California to Baldwin County with his wife, Lorraine, in 2005 and founded Calvary Chapel Foley (CCF.)

In 2010, he became the Senior Chaplain for the Baldwin County Sheriff Department and served the Community Hospice of Baldwin County as chaplain from 2011-2013.

In 2010, Joe also began working with a national organization called YAP (Youth Advocate Program,) a diversion program for at-risk teens. Working with YAP from 2010-2018, Pastor Aldrete served over 200 youth in Baldwin County.

In 2012, Joe received his CCISM degree (UMBC) and became the Lead Chaplain of the Baldwin County Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team and became a Senior Level Law Enforcement Instructor through the International Conference of Police Chaplains in 2014.

In 2018, Joe Aldrete founded the Dream Center of Baldwin County.

Megan Sarvold, LMSW
Program Director

Mrs. Megan Sarvold is a licensed master level social worker in the state of Alabama. She received her bachelor’s degree in social work in 2009 and her master’s degree in social work in 2011, both from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Her academic career focused on developmental trauma, juvenile justice, and substance abuse prevention.

While at Florida State, she worked as a graduate assistant in the Student Health Center and became a certified HIV counselor and tester through Florida’s Department of Health. In collaboration with university police and Student Health Services, Ms. Sarvold began providing a space for students to discuss sexual health, assault, abuse and domestic violence.

Additionally, Megan completed 1,500 hours of field study at Frenchtown outreach center where she provided counseling for young, substance-abusing, prostituting women. She also assisted in planning and grant writing to open an over-night shelter program for young women called Beauty for Ashes.

Her work at FSU led to being appointed as the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) program coordinator for the University where she continued to provide counseling to students in addition to operationalizing grant funding for Alcohol.edu and Nite Nole.

In 2014, Mrs. Sarvold began working for Florida’s Medicaid program. There she collaborated with the State Legislature to advocate for behavioral health benefits for approximately 5 million recipients and spearheaded research on opioid use among pregnant women and the prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).

In 2018, she relocated to Foley, Alabama to be closer to family. Megan states, “My work at the Dream Center is not just a personal, but also a spiritual calling. As a teenager, I struggled with some of the same traumas that I see in our kids. I know how it feels to heal, change, and choose success. I want each participant at the Dream Center to experience that same sense of pride and resilience. Every child, no matter what happened in their past, deserves happiness.” 

Megan is a wife and the mother of two small children.

Lynandria Page
Licensed Counselor

Ms. Page received her BS in Psychology and Minor in Criminology from Kennesaw State University (KSU) Kennesaw, GA in May, 2015.

She obtained an additional 6 hours in International Crime and World Justice and Human Rights in June, 2014.

Ms. Page founded Let’s Create Peace, LLC in 2023 where she works with children and adults as a mental health therapist, marriage counselor and provides trauma-informed care. She specializes in working with individuals that have trauma history leading to criminal behavior.

Ms. Page has worked with multiple youth organizations in Baldwin County as a Substance Youth Counselor including Altapointe Health in Mobile and Foley and The Bridge, Inc. in Foley, AL. In this role she has worked with adults and children with past and/or present substance use disorders to help them sustain recovery, address mental and physical needs, and access community resources. She has worked extensively with children who use illegal substances and is trained to sustain decrease in usage, abstinence from drugs, and psychoeducation.

Dream Center Board of Directors

Steve Bailey
Board President

Steve Bailey has lived in Alabama his entire life and became a resident of Foley in 1968. He spent his childhood on a dairy farm in Marion, AL where he learned about southern agriculture and the systems and structures that support it. Steve attended Foley schools through graduation and began working on area farms at the age of 15.

In 1981, Steve went to work for Southern Farm Supply and in 1989 struck out on his own and founded Southern Ag Service Inc. where he has sold and serviced numerous irrigation systems for area farmers. In 1994, Steve partnered with Dean Hansen in Sun Coast Builders. When Dean retired, Steve became sole owner of Sun Coast Builders.

Steve has built hundreds of buildings in Baldwin County including many churches, the Cotton Creek Clubhouse at Craft Farms, Malouf Furniture, Gulf Bowl and Eastern Shore Bowling Centers, and numerous projects for Baldwin County and area municipalities. Owning and operating both of these businesses for over 30 years has given Steve a broad range of skills and an even broader circle of business associates and friends.

In Steve’s words, “I have always felt a great sense of responsibility to give back to this community that has given so much to me. I have participated in several area political campaigns over the years. I have overseen Landowner Relations for the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival since the festival started and began cooking for the American Heart Association Rodeo (which later became the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation Rodeo) in the early 90’s. In 2008, I started a committee for feasibility and fund raising for a Catholic High School for Baldwin County and after 8 years, celebrated the opening of St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope. 

I met Pastor Joe Aldrete a few years ago at an event for Sherriff Mack. I was immediately drawn to Joe’s heart for people and specifically for our community. I was honored to recently complete Pastor Joe’s new church building and through working closely with him, became more aware of his vision for the Dream Center. The more I heard, the more I wanted to become involved. There is such a need for this center and I believe whole heartedly in the Dream Center’s mission to help underserved youth in our area. It is my goal to facilitate financial assistance to provide a new building for the Dream Center and ongoing support for those who work there.”  

Jeremy Anderson is the CEO of Overwatch Technology, a managed security service provider serving small businesses across the U.S. Jeremy's career in technology began in high school and continued with his service in the Marine Corps, where he specialized in data communications.

After his military service, Jeremy transitioned to the private sector, working for data centers, VoIP, and network management software companies as a network engineer and sales engineer. His extensive experience and dedication to the field have made him a respected leader in the technology and security industry.

As a board member of the Dream Center of Baldwin County, Jeremy brings his passion for technology and community service together, contributing his knowledge and leadership to support the organization's mission.