CHRISTINA SIMOS
Executive Director
Friendly House
As a student at Arizona State University in the 90s, Christina Simos founded Students Against Discrimination (S.A.D.). This group held the largest social justice rally on ASU’s campus and was responsible for creating social justice policies and changes that still stand today.
In June of 2005, Simos entered the Friendly House as a resident. There she was mentored by Friendly House’s former Executive Director Peggy Albrecht and quickly immersed herself in the recovery world. Over the last 17 years Simos has been the alumni coordinator, alumni president, secretary of the women’s AA meeting, helped produce various fundraisers and has remained a fixture in the recovery community. In January 2022, she became the fourth executive director and is one of the few women of culture to hold an executive level position in the industry.
