Board Members

Mick Carbo

Mick Carbo is an entrepreneur, leadership coach, trainer and speaker with over 22 years experience. In addition to working with his Carbo Coaching clients, Mick also co-leads an ICF (International Coaching Federation) accredited leadership development and training program for other coaches. Mick holds the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF). He teaches Employee Performance Development through the Small Business Development Center and the University of Maryland. Also committed to community service, Mick has done pro bono work with retiring military personnel through the Transition Assistance Program at Ft. Meade, and volunteers in leadership positions for community organizations such as APAC ATI.

Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams is APAC ATI’s Lead Technical Instructor and has been working on cars since the age of 14. In the year 2000, after completing a 15-month certification program with Universal Technical Institute (UTI), Patrick turned his hobby into a career and officially entered the automotive industry.

Patrick worked with Mercedes-Benz for 7 years, achieving the level of Master Certified Technician. He also is an ASE Master Certified Technician possessing an L1- Advanced Engine Performance Certification and an A9 Diesel Certification.

Patrick joined Star Motors European Repair in March of 2009 and was promoted to Shop Foreman in 2015. He received the prestigious 2021 BOSCH/ASE Technician of the Year Award and has been an ongoing mentor for the Star Motors Apprentice Program.

Amanda Drake

Amanda Clements Drake is co-owner of C & C Automotive Repair and Service based out of Augusta Ga, as well as a business coach for Shopfix Academy.

She is a third-generation shop owner and has been in the Automotive repair industry for over 20 years. She is passionate about the APAC ATI organization and what it can do for her industry and her community.

Wehtahnah Tucker

Wehtahnah Tucker has served as the Chief Policy and Quality Executive for the California Correctional Health Care Services/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for twelve years. During her career in the California prison system, Wehtahnah has been committed to upending systemic injustice, ending mass incarceration, and expanding advocacy, education, and community-building opportunities through legal reform strategies.

Specifically, she led projects to decrease the number of incarcerated women and increase degree-granting education opportunities for incarcerated individuals, among other justice reinvestment initiatives.

Wehtahnah is the first person on both sides of her family to graduate from college. Fortunately, she is not the last. Wehtahnah values education as a human right and supports numerous educational endeavors, including building schools and libraries in Kenya and Mexico.

Wehtahnah is an active feminist and environmentalist, and is involved in peace and justice initiatives. As an avid storyteller through words and photographs, she seeks to elevate social justice narratives to the forefront of policy and community discussion.

A natural relationship builder with contagious enthusiasm, Wehtahnah enjoys diverse, intriguing challenges, and approaches new experiences through an eager and curious lens. Dedicated to both the vision and the details, she is adept at turning problems into solutions, with open-minded empathy and creative pragmatism.

Before moving to San Diego County, Wehtahnah was the CEO of a successful legal consulting firm in Washington, D.C. She holds a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and studied at University of Chile Diego Portales Law School with an emphasis on international business, trade, and human rights law. She received her Bachelor of Science in History, with minors in Women’s Studies and Environmental Geology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.