Michelle represents the heart and soul of the AdaptAbilities family. As our founder and CEO, Michelle is a leader by setting an example. Her hard work, dedication and leadership inspires our entire team to deliver exceptional services to the families we work with.
Her passion for AdaptAbilities is both contagious and inspirational. When asked about the favourite part of her day, Michelle shares that she “loves seeing the smiles on the children’s faces, the stories families share about how our services are making a difference in their lives and the passion and commitment I see in our dedicated staff.”
Summer time is busy in Michelle’s house. She lets out her competitive spirit on the softball diamond, and by supporting her son’s baseball team as coach.
While being founder and CEO is an incredibly demanding position, Michelle recognizes the importance of self-care and practices it by spending time at the lake in the summer and sharing chai lattes with friends.
Family time is really important for Michelle. Their current family project is training their dog D.J., who has a difficult temperament. While working through these challenges, Michelle’s kids are learning about acceptance and understanding.
Michelle's hard work, dedication and leadership inspires our entire team to deliver exceptional services to the families we work with.
Jennifer joined AdaptAbilities as our first ever controller. Her first impression of AdaptAbilities is how passionate our employees are about what they do and the families they work with.
Jennifer loves going to watch live music, her favourite festival in Edmonton was Sonic Boom/Field Day. And if she were caught on a desert island, she would definitely bring along any music, in any form to keep her occupied.
Rich Horning, Director of Communications and Fund Development at Adaptabilities loves hiking in a forest and hopes one day to visit the UK. In fact, if he had one superpower it would be to ensure that every day everyone on the planet would have access to clean water, food, clothing, shelter and at least one close friend. Self-care is going for walks, listening to music, getting enough sleep and prayer. The one meal he loves is pizza because there are a lot of varieties! Art Walk on Whyte Ave is his favorite Edmonton Festival. He loves watching shows like Chicago Med and The Crown.
Richard is our Director of Development and Communications
Kellie Steele is Michelle’s right hand. She loves working at AdaptAbilities since it helps individuals with special needs develop essential life skills and gives caregivers a chance to take a break. Reading, walking and meditation are her avenues for self-care. Telepathy is a superpower she would love to have. Her favorite festival in Edmonton is Heritage Days. She enjoys the unconditional love of her dog and watching the Amazing Race Canada.
Program Manager, Caitlin, loves the dynamic nature of her position. She says there are always new projects and initiatives on the go, and she gets to spend time in all our centres visiting staff and participants.
If you are out in Edmonton’s river valley trail system, look for Caitlin. She runs frequently with her jogging stroller and enjoys being in nature. If Caitlin had a superpower, she would want to be able to teleport around the world. That way she could visit her family without the long flight.
If Caitlin had a superpower, she would want to be able to teleport around the world.
David Tao is one of our amazing program coordinators. He enjoys spending time and having fun with AdaptAbilities participants.
He balances work and life by practicing self-care such as turning off his cell phone when he can and spending time with his wife.
If David could eat one meal for the rest of his life it would be pizza. And that might be a very long time because if he had one superpower, it would be immortality!
He balances work and life by practicing self-care such as turning off his cell phone when he can, and spending time with his wife.
Chances are you’ve probably spoken with our friendly administrative assistant Lisa.
Lisa is an island girl at heart. Lisa’s all-time favourite destination is her home province of Newfoundland and Labrador where she enjoys watching the ocean from her patio with a glass of wine. She is a proud Newfoundlander who will gladly share with you the famous ‘newfie’ delicacy of wings, chips, dressing and gravy.
If she could harness any superpower, Lisa would zap away any worries about the little things in life we don’t have any control over.
Lisa is a proud Newfoundlander who will gladly share with you the famous 'newfie' delicacy of wings, chips, dressing and gravy.
