Our Board of Directors is made up of talented individuals with different backgrounds and careers who all believe in the My Possibilities mission. Each member is enthusiastic about seeing our vision come to life.
Board of Directors
John Baumgarten
Board Member
John D. Baumgarten joined the firm in 2007 as a Financial Advisor in the Dallas office and was named Principal in 2011. He advises high-net-worth individuals and institutions regarding investment strategies and, in conjunction with the Wealth Planning and Analysis Group, works closely with clients and their professional advisors on a wide range of investment matters, including tax and estate planning, concentrated stock positions and the sale of privately held businesses.
Prior to joining Bernstein, John was executive vice president and chief operating officer of wholesaler GNAC and, before that, he was vice president of sales at SYNNEX Corporation, an IT firm.
Jeffrey Dils
Board Member
Karen Gilbert
Finance Committee Chair
Deborah Kennedy
Family Representative
Jeff Kribs
Kelly Kubasta
Board Member
Tim McHugh
Strategy Committee Chair
Keith Otto
Board Member
Alex Roldan
Board Member
Garrett Shipman
Charmaine Soloman
Chairman of the Board
Charmaine Solomon is one of three original founders of the organization. She has served in her board capacity since establishing My Possibilities in June 2008.
Tamara Trummer
HR Committee Chair
Paul Watson
Building Committee Chair
Debbie Wilkes
Education Committee Chair
Debbie Wilkes has participated in Texas statewide transition planning since 1989. In 2010, after 36 years in public education, she retired from Richardson Independent School District where she had been Director of Special Education. She has written an Employment/Social Skills curriculum that is implemented at the University of Texas Southwestern Hospital and several school districts in Texas. Through the University of North Texas she helped develop a training curriculum for Texas Workforce Commission providers.
Ms. Wilkes is an Associate with the Institute on Person Centered Practices, a collaborative partnership between the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University. With this organization she developed a Person Centered Transition Assessment that is being used throughout Texas. As a board member for My Possibilities, she has developed the educational framework and mentored teachers on instructional strategies to support self-advocacy.
She presently provides support to parents, school districts, universities supported employment agencies and day programs in the area of instruction, transition; work-based learning, employment, assessment, self-advocacy and person directed planning.
Ms. Wilkes is an Associate with the Institute on Person Centered Practices, a collaborative partnership between the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University. With this organization she developed a Person Centered Transition Assessment that is being used throughout Texas. As a board member for My Possibilities, she has developed the educational framework and mentored teachers on instructional strategies to support self-advocacy.
She presently provides support to parents, school districts, universities supported employment agencies and day programs in the area of instruction, transition; work-based learning, employment, assessment, self-advocacy and person directed planning.