MP Foundation Board of Directors

Jeremy Gregg

Chairman of the Foundation

Jeremy Gregg, CAP®️, CFRE, MBA is a three-time TEDx speaker with nearly 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership and social entrepreneurship. He is the Founder of Gregg Partners, the President of Mission Allies Publishing, and the author of “Daddy’s Time Out.”

Melissa Reddick

Vice Chairman

Melissa Reddick is the Vice President of Corporate Relations and Engagement at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, the largest non-governmental funder of programs to improve education, income and health in North Texas. Melissa came to United Way with a background in philanthropy, nonprofit management and corporate partnerships.

Prior to joining United Way, Melissa was the Executive Director of Foundation and Community Relations for FC Dallas and Toyota Stadium where she managed all community and philanthropic endeavors for the club and ownership.  She joined the Major League Soccer club in 2010 after seven years with the National Rural Funders Collaborative (NRFC) where she worked to create self-sufficient families in rural communities of color around the country.

Prior to joining NRFC, Melissa spent four years with the Stemmons Corridor Business Association (SCBA) as the Executive Director, leading the organization in its mission to promote economic impact in the heavily industrial area.

A graduate of Texas A&M with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, she also holds a graduate certificate in Community Resourcing from the University of North Texas.

Richard (Rick) Holt

Rick Holt is responsible for overseeing the Ionic Affinity Program at Chemical Abstract Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society. Rick and his team partner with the largest pharmaceutical companies, diversified chemical companies, and Intellectual Patent Offices around the globe by providing the highest quality scientific information, expertise, and technology that spurs either the product innovation or drug discovery processes with these clients. During his 29-year career, Rick has held many other executive leadership positions in product development, project management, business development and sales at Lexmark International, Dell, and NCR. Rick previously served on the United Way of the Bluegrass (Central Kentucky) Board of Directors, the Cedar Park youth baseball league Board of Directors and was an Ambassador for the Dell Charitable Giving Team. Rick earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky Gatton School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Vanderbilt University where he was a two-time GTE Academic All-American baseball player.

Catherine Jaynes

Catherine Jaynes is a Partner with the Cicero Group, a boutique consulting firm specializing in the social impact space, among others. Catherine has extensive experience in the public and social sectors in program design, implementation, and evaluation. Most recently at the George W. Bush Institute, Catherine was responsible for the development and execution of national and international programs, including Presidential Leadership Scholars. Additionally, she led the design and implementation of robust measurement and evaluation strategies across the Institute and, previously for the US Department of Education. Catherine earned both her Bachelor of Science and her Doctor of Philosophy from Vanderbilt University and her Master of Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Sanjay Kalluviayil

Sanjay Kalluvilayil is currently the SVP, Head of Business Development at t3 Broadband. He is responsible for identifying new opportunities and partnerships to increase revenues and scale the business to the next level. He works with Sales, Engineering, Operations, and t3’s partners to bring innovative solutions to drive success for customers He also is responsible for driving the 2021-2023 Strategy Planning & Execution process.

Sanjay has 25 years of experience in professional services, business development, and sales. He started his career in the telecom practice at Ernst & Young Management Consulting as a Lead in Business Process Transformation, Training, and Knowledge Management on Systems Integration projects.

He worked at Ericsson for 14 years working in various roles: Strategy Consulting, Mobile Broadband Business Development, AT&T Account Sales, Managed Services Sales, and Head of Value Creation. He was certified as a Principal Consultant by Ericsson Global Services. He was awarded the prestigious Ericsson 2011 Region North America Presidents Eagle Award in Innovation! for his business development and team sales efforts. Since Ericsson, he has held leadership roles in Business Development and Sales.

Sanjay obtained a Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from Oxford University – Said Business School, earning Distinction Level. He has MBA from Texas A&M University – Mays Business School with concentrations in Finance and Management in Information Systems (MIS). Sanjay graduated with a BS in Psychology from Texas A&M University. He lives in Carrollton with his wife, son, daughter, and Rhodesian Ridgeback. He enjoys racquetball, fitness, and learning new things.

April Lafitte

April Lafitte was born and raised “Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso” as the oldest of four children.

April moved to Dallas after attending the University of Texas at Austin and began her entry into the business world at Merrill Lynch. After working at Merrill, April went on to partner with her Dad and brother in their family owned Financial Planning Firm, Mormac Brokerage Agency, specializing in providing employee benefits as well as Financial and Retirement Planning for non-profit institutions & individuals; managing over $150 million in assets. Mormac has been instrumental in creating 403B retirement plans & pension plans for a number of leading Hospitals throughout the Metroplex such as Parkland Health & Hospital Systems.

April has devoted and contributed a great deal of her time to many organizations and charitable foundations such as The Family Place, Junior League of Dallas, Child Abuse Prevention Center, Dallas Museum of Art and many others. April has also served on the board of Directors for the Arthritis Foundation, Clayton Dabney Foundation and the Advisory Board for Sovereign Bank.

April is married to Rick Lafitte and is a Stepmom to three GREAT kids, Russell, Walker and Stephanie.

Rick Lafitte

Rick Laffite is the President of Tolleson Private Bank. He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s private banking services and relationships. He serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, Asset & Liability Committee, and Credit Committee.

Rick joined the firm in 2019 with 35 years of experience in banking and financial services. Prior to his hire, Lafitte served as a senior vice president at several Dallas/Park Cities area banks, including LegacyTexas Bank, Bank of Texas, and Northern Trust, where he focused on managing relationships with high net worth individuals for loan, deposit and investment management opportunities.

A graduate of Highland Park High School, Lafitte received his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Texas and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. He is a graduate of the SW Graduate School of Banking at SMU. He is also very active in the community with both charitable and civic organizations, including serving on the board of The Easter Seals of Greater Dallas and The Clayton Dabney Foundation For Kids With Cancer.

Ryan Lamb

Treasurer

Ryan Lamb serves as the Vice President of Finance of Edison Power Constructors. Prior to joining EPC, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at GCATS Telecom & Critical Power Services, a specialty contractor based in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Lamb brings over 15 years of diverse accounting and finance experience including over 10 years of construction-specific accounting knowledge and additional construction services experiences in HR, Safety, and Information Technology. Previously, he spent 6 years in various roles at Stryker, a Fortune 500 medical device corporation and technology manufacturer. Mr. Lamb graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Minor in Corporate Communications and Public Affairs where he was a Hunt Scholar. He is a licensed Certified Professional Accountant in the state of Texas, a member of the Finance Committee at Parkway Hills Baptist Church.

Steve McGaw

President

Steve McGaw is responsible for the development of AT&T’s corporate strategy as well as the evaluation and execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures. During his 30-year career, Steve has held key leadership positions in sales, international and technology planning roles at SBC and AT&T Bell Labs. Steve currently serves on the advisory committee to the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business, the board of directors for My Possibilities, and the World Economic Forum Steering Committee in support of ‘delivering the digital infrastructure.’ Steve earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in computer science at Northwestern University; and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Purdue University.

Patrik Melander

FourPark Blockchain, CEO and co-founder

FourPark Blockchain brings Blockchain-enabled liquidity to illiquid assets, such as art and real-estate. He is also one of three Managing Partners of FourPark Management, which helps unique technology companies to grow in the AI, MedTech and IOT space.

Outside FourPark Patrik is the Chairman of the Swedish American Chamber in Dallas-Fort Worth, Advisory Board Member and Partner of the award-winning AI company AmplifAI, Chairman of the Advisory Board of AirFusion in addition to the Board of Directors of MyPossibilities.

Patrik is Swedish of origin and spent 24 years as a Global Telecom Executive within the Ericsson group, living in Sweden, Japan, Brazil, Costa Rica, UAE and San Diego, Chicago, Boca Raton and Dallas. His positions included General Management, Sales, Professional Services, Operations and including being President of Ericsson for the Gulf Corporation Countries and Pakistan.

Patrik holds a BSc E.E from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, a Patent, and diplomas in Executive Management from Columbia University, Stockholm Business School, Kellogg University, London Business School and Wharton.

Ian Rawn

Ian Rawn is proud to serve on the MP Foundation Board to champion the organization that means so much to him, to the community, and to all HIPsters. He attends My Possibilities studying leadership and performance dance. Ian also serves on the Board of Special Olympics Texas while serving as an Athlete Leader, Global Messenger, and Health Messenger. Ian competed in Figure Skating at the World Winter Games in Austria in 2017 and is proud to have placed 4th in the World! He continues ice skating, volunteering, and is transitioning to a new career after working eleven years at Venturity Financial Partners. His leadership motto on and off the ice is, “If you fall, you fall, but you get back up and finish.”

Carol Schauer

Carol Schauer has worked as a fundraising executive in the health and human services field for 25+ years, gaining and sharing experience in donor development, relationship building, stewardship, and capital campaigns. She served Development Director at Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County then Vice President at Children’s Medical Center Foundation. She recently retired but remains passionate about advancing opportunities for those in need for the benefit of the community. Her proudest professional accomplishment is helping bring world-class pediatric specialty care to the Plano community with the opening of Children’s Plano campus.

Silvia Siqueira

Silvia Siqueira leads the Diversity and Inclusion strategy for Hilti North America. Through her  leadership, she has influenced Executive Management Team and peers to embed D&I concepts and  initiatives within HR processes and throughout the organization. She has been recognized by Dallas  Business Journal with the 2019 Diversity Business Leader award.

Silvia focuses on the business case for inclusion and has successfully launched Employee Led  Groups throughout the company, informal mentoring programs, Beyond Bias training linked to Hilti’s  culture program, co-founded a D&I practitioner group to impact the inclusion conversation in the  construction industry. Silvia also is active with Catalyst and moderates D&I panels at National  Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC).

Prior to this role, she served in many leadership positions within the company including Head of  Finance for Hilti Latin America and Finance Director for Hilti in Brazil. Silvia also brings sales  experience to her role with five years in the field where she achieved Top Sales Club and Masters  Club.

Before joining Hilti in 2004, Silvia’s professional experience includes roles with Arthur Andersen and  INCOE International.

Silvia is currently pursuing a doctoral program in Human Resource Workforce Development. She has  a Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Management Certificate from Georgetown University and an MBA  from ESPM – Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing. Her undergraduate degrees are in  International Business and French Literature at Hillsdale College, where she graduated with Magna  Cum Laude honors.

In her spare time, Silvia enjoys reading, watching movies, playing tennis and running. She also loves  taking personal time for travel with her family.

Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for FCD Holdings which operates FC Dallas, Toyota Stadium and Toyota Soccer Center, North Texas SC, FCD Youth, MoneyGram Soccer Park and the National Soccer Hall of Fame Experience. He has over 20 years of experience in the sports and entertainment industries. Jimmy also sits on the FC Dallas Foundation Board, serving as the Treasurer. The Foundation supports programs that promote education, health and wellness to empower youth and communities in North Texas.

In his role as COO/CFO, Jimmy oversees the operations and finance for the professional team, events at Toyota Stadium (such as concerts, NCAA football games and international soccer matches), management of 36 soccer fields, 200+ FCD Youth teams, 10 Academy teams and affiliate clubs located throughout the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico.
Jimmy serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Dallas Sports Commission and sits on the Board of Directors for Visit Dallas. Jimmy also sits on the Dallas Bid Committee to bring the 2026 World Cup to Dallas.

Jimmy began his career in public accounting focusing on real estate, financial services and sports & entertainment, with clients such as the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks and the American Airlines Center. Jimmy was the American Airlines Center’s Director of Finance for six years before joining FCD Holdings in 2010.

Jimmy attended Texas A&M University receiving a Master of Science in Accounting and played for the Aggie basketball team. Jimmy was named the high school basketball player of the year, Texas Mr. Basketball, by Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. In 2018, Jimmy received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas A&M University Mays Business School. Jimmy is passionate about sports and the opportunities sports provides to the community, youth and general well-being of his own young sons, whom he now coaches in soccer and basketball. Jimmy lives in Plano with wife, Laura, and their three sons.