MP Foundation Board of Directors

Charmaine Solomon

Founder

Solomon Family Services, Principal and Counselor/My Possibilities, Founder & Chairman

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.

Beccy Ratliff

Chair of the MP Foundation

Nancy Appleman

Monika Barnes

Bianca Chow

Sanjay Kalluvilayil

Sanjay Kalluvilayil is the Founder & President of Stonehaas Advisors, a consultancy in the Blockchain space and provider of fractional CXO services.  Sanjay has 25+ years of experience in strategy, sales, business development, transformation, technology, and operations. Sanjay also serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors for
the Bitcoin Mining Foundation.

He started his career at Ernst & Young Management Consulting as a Lead in Business Process Transformation, Training, and Knowledge Management on Systems Implementation projects.  He worked at Ericsson in various roles: Strategy Consulting, Sales, Business Development, Technology, Managed Services, 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!”. Since Ericsson, he has held leadership roles in Sales, Business Development, and Operations.  He also served as the COO for the Texas Blockchain Council.

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 fitness and learning new things.

Brooke Leverette

Adam Morse

Scott Newman

Katie O'Brien

Joe Peterson

Dave Sego

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.

Amber Wagenknecht