The My Possibilities Board of Directors is made up of a wide variety of skill sets careers and backgrounds. What they share in common is a passion for our organization and a desire to watch it succeed. We have aspirations of continuing our services to adults with disabilities in North Texas with hopes to become the state's leader in providing life learning opportunities for our HIPsters. These are the individuals who are helping make it happen.

Charmaine Solomon

• Charmaine Solomon is one of the original founders of My Possibilities and currently serves as Chairman of the My Possibilities board of Directors.   Charmaine’s involvement in My Possibilities is very personal to her as her youngest son Kyle has special needs.  Charmaine became very aware of the lack of services and facilities for adults with special needs post high school when she investigated next steps for Kyle as he approached graduation.  Charmaine decided to become part of the team who would work on finding a solution to a chronic problem of lack of quality services for adults with disabilities post high school in Collin County– hence the start of My Possibilities. Kyle graduated from Plano West in June 2008, and Charmaine is now very proud and excited to say that Kyle, along with some of his friends made the transition directly from high school to his My Possibilities “college” over the summer of 2008.  Kyle enjoys attending my Possibilities on a daily basis, and has developed a sense of pride and achievement that he is now attending “college” and becoming more and more independent as each day goes by.

Jeff Laceky

• Jeff is a Dallas native who is a career banker with over 25 years' experience in bank regulation, risk management and financial services.   He and his wife Jeanne have a daughter with special needs, and over the past 15 years Jeff has been increasingly drawn to helping families who have a person with disabilities.   He was referred to My Possibilities in 2010 by another parent of a special needs child because she knew he was looking for a worthy cause to which he could contribute his time, expertise and resources in an effort to support a community that is sorely underserved.   While his heart for helping and financial background were primary reasons the board recruited Jeff,  he also has a wide array of experience and an extensive network of human resources that he can bring to bear as he seeks to help build this organizaton into the ultimate success that the founders envisioned a few short years ago.   Jeff was elected to the board in 2010, is a member of the Finance Committee and serves at large. 
  

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Liz McHugh

• Having lived in New York most of her life, Liz was concerned about the lack of programming available for adults with special needs in Texas. Liz, along with her husband Tim, were faced with the option of returning to New York where they knew quality programming existed or remaining in Plano and trying to make a difference for adults with special needs like their son Colin. A volunteer herself, Liz was eager for the opportunity to make a difference for those with cognitive challenges. When a call went out by the founders of MP for a volunteer coordinator, Liz signed on. Liz has been My Possibilities volunteer coordinator since 2007 and was appointed to the board of directors in 2009. Liz is dedicated and committed to the growth and sustainability of My Possibilities.

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Paul Watson

• Paul is one of the original volunteers for My Possibilities and was able to get several donations of services and materials for the remodeling of the center. Paul personally spent hundreds of hours painting and repairing all the walls, plumbing and installed the washer, dryer, dishwasher and disposal.  Paul is married to Debbie and together they are parents of a daughter with Autism who attends My Possibilities.Paul as a purchasing professional and department head for the University of Texas at Dallas, states that he takes personal pride in upholding the University’s ethics, and takes his personal legal fiduciary duty seriously, especially his responsibility to represent the University and provide excellent customer service, priding himself with his ability to get along with all kinds of people.  For the University Paul has a legal fiduciary duty as the Procurement officer to represent the University and the public to ensure a fair use of taxpayer resources as well as to provide opportunities for small and minority vendors.

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Larry Maguire

• Larry is a Consultant at Maguire, LLC, with Blugrass Energy, Inc. / Rio Grande Petroleum Inc. being a major client where he serves as Financial Advisor. He also performs projects at Resources Global Professionals, a project-based professional services firm created to help a diverse base of clients execute strategies on a more cost effective basis. He has approximately 30 years oil and gas experience, mostly with two large oil and gas corporations and held positions as Director of Financial Services, Assistant Controller, Director of Internal Audit, VP of Land Administration, and CFO. Larry has volunteered in numerous community leadership positions to include past Board Member, Treasurer, and Grant Request Chairman on the Lovers Lane United Methodist Church Foundation, youth confirmation leader, Treasurer of Jesuit's Baseball Booster Club, Director of the Company's United Way Campaign, Chair of Homeowners' Association, and also volunteered at Stewpot, Meals-on-Wheels, and the Soup Mobile. His knowledge of special needs in the community has grown through insight from his wife, Donna, who teaches special needs and has a special education degree. Larry has an Industrial Engineering and Management degree and MBA from Oklahoma State University. He is a CPA, Certified Internal Auditer (CIA), and has a certification in control self assessment (CCSA). As a Board Member and the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee, his background and experience assist with the mission and vision at My Possibilities in the areas of finance, accounting, audit assurance, and corporate governance best practices.

Bob Gibbons

• Bob Gibbons is a 27-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry which he started as a 20-year-old college junior working for a Belgian investment company in Dallas. Since then he has been a property manager, leasing agent, construction manager and asset manager. After 20 years, he decided to “switch sides” and use that experience exclusively for the benefit of companies which lease office and warehouse space. Bob started Reata Commercial Realty, Inc. in 2004 for that purpose. Reata is an acronym for Real Estate Advisor and Tenant Advocate. My Possibilities has been a client from its inception. He is also a member of Team Networking which has coordinated the golf tournament for the past two years. His desire to be of greater service to the community lead him to join the MP board in January, 2011.