Quadriplegic Electrical Engineer (EE), Patented Inventor, Masters of Business Administration (MBA). Executive Director of InclusiveAdventures.org
Mark is currently completing certification as a coast guard captain. He has designed all the modifications to make Possibilities 100% Inclusive and accessible for full participation such as even driving the vessel with head control only!
Mark is a licensed private pilot and broke his neck crash landing a small two seat modern carbon aircraft in the trees of the Minnesota River valley due to engine failure immediately after takeoff in 2003. In the past 17 years he has designed hundreds of products to empower through greater Independence those who have limited or no use of their hands and arms. He's worked with the veterans administration putting our young folks coming back with significant injuries from Iraq and Afghanistan back to work in school. As a disabled man in a wheelchair, Mark has traveled and spoke around the world including India's golden triangle, Honduras, Colombia, México. Mark speaks Spanish fluently and is native farm boy from central Minnesota.
Karla is a systems engineer with experience in Mexico's oil industry as a native of Veracruz, Mexico. She is the heart and soul that makes each guest stay exceptional. She is an artist in the galley and is passionate about her two cats, Romeow and We-ne, also natives of Veracruz, MX