LifePath Systems Board of Trustees
Collin County
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What this body is
LifePath Systems (legally the Collin County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, dba LifePath Systems) is Collin County's designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local IDD Authority, a community center under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 534. Established in 1986 by the Collin County Commissioners Court, it provides mental health, substance use, IDD and early-childhood-intervention services. Its Board of Trustees sets policy, hires and oversees the CEO, and has fiscal oversight.
Source: https://www.lifepathsystems.org/who-we-are/about-us/ · as of 2026-09-01
How to attend and speak
Meets the last Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at LifePath Systems, 2295 Bloomdale Rd., McKinney, TX 75071, in the LoneStar Meeting/Conference Room. Board applications: Shona Navarre, snavarre@collincountytx.gov.
Source: https://www.lifepathsystems.org/who-we-are/board-of-trustees/ · as of 2026-09-01
Who sits on it
| Seat | Member | Role | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustee | Doug Kowalski | Chair | expires 12/31/2026 |
| Trustee | Arthur ("Trey") Cotten | Vice Chair | expires 12/31/2027 |
| Trustee | Dona Watson | Secretary | expires 12/31/2027 |
| Trustee | Ernest Myers | expires 12/31/2025 | |
| Trustee | Matt Duncan | expires 12/31/2026 | |
| Trustee | Matthew Foster | expires 12/31/2026 | |
| Trustee | Melvin Thathiah, J.D. | expires 12/31/2026 | |
| Trustee | Ronald ("Rick") Crawford, Ed.D. | expires 12/31/2025 | |
| Ex officio, non-voting (Collin County Sheriff's Office) | Capt. Nick Bristow |
Terms as the board's page lists them; two are shown as ending 12/31/2025. The board's page showed lists of different lengths when read, so this list may be incomplete. Capt. Nick Bristow of the Collin County Sheriff's Office sits ex officio and does not vote.
Source: https://www.lifepathsystems.org/who-we-are/board-of-trustees/ · as of 2026-09-01 (64 days ago)
How it is constituted
- Authority
- governing — it decides
- Seats
- 9
- Do you vote for these people?
- appointed — appointed by Collin County Commissioners Court
- Basis
- Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 534.002, 534.005, 534.008
Eight voting trustees on the list read, appointed by the Commissioners Court (the statute allows five to nine) and a sheriff's representative ex officio without a vote. The statute makes the board "responsible for the effective administration of the community center" and requires staggered 2-year terms for appointed trustees.
Source: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.534.htm · as of 2026-09-01