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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert Ferber, MD
President/Treasurer
Robert is a retired physician whose career has spanned private office practice, hospitalist work, and roles in hospital administration particularly focused on electronic medical records, quality, and innovation. As the father of an adult daughter with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Robert has long tried to envision a safe and supportive living situation that will promote the best life for her in the community. Robert knows that there are many other people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who would benefit from available and affordable housing that promotes both independence and community and is excited to work with IndependentWorks to help make such dreams a reality.
Joe Francis
Board Member
Joe recently retired after nearly 40 years with Verizon. He is the father of a young adult son, Shane, who is on the Autism Spectrum. He has been very involved in the Independent & Affordable housing initiative since moving to Wilmington in 2021 and is glad to have become a part of Independent Works. He feels a deep dedication to Shane and has worked with him and his peers since birth with PT/OT, the start of UNC Hemiplegia Constraint Camp in Chapel Hill, and UBC Youth Bowling in Durham for 10+ years. He enjoys fishing and recently completed an extensive home remodel with his partner Beth.
Mary Beth received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Michigan afterwards founded the clinical pharmacy services at both the Cleveland Clinic and New Hanover Regional Medical Center. She later received her MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in entrepreneurship and innovation during that time she became the founding President of TransitionsFoundation-NC. This non-profit helps students with autism transition to community college in hopes of gaining employment. Her passion for autism services stems from her son and she knows with the right services they can flourish as adults and be productive members of society.
Mike Alberts
Board Member
Mike Alberts is our newest board member who has recently retired after a 40-year career as a financial advisor. He and his wife Cathy have three children. Their eldest son Kyle (35) was born with Lowe Syndrome which is a rare genetic disease. Mike has been an advocate for those in the IDD community since Kyle’s birth serving on various boards and committees both in the nonprofit and in the community sectors. Notably he introduced TopSoccer, a program dedicated to providing soccer and exercise opportunities for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities in an inclusionary setting to the Cape Fear region. He managed TopSoccer for 18 seasons. Mike and Cathy have been actively working on ways of providing independent, permanent and affordable housing in an integrated community with an emphasis on those with IDD. They have attended workshops, visited housing communities across the state and are currently active in several ongoing housing and human service coalitions throughout NC.
Mary Beth Bobek, PharmD
Vice-President/Secretary
IndependentWorks
P.O. Box 3533, Wilmington, NC 28403
IndependentWorks.ilm@gmail.com
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