Celeste Haiduk Cox was hired in 2003 as the first paid staff for North Collin County Habitat for Humanity. The organization was 100% volunteer upon her arrival and was building one to two homes per year. In 2018, the organization merged with South Collin County Habitat and her staff has grown to 37.  There are two ReStore’s (one in Plano and one in McKinney) and the organization is serving the entire County and are known as Habitat for Humanity of Collin County. Habitat has also completed over 700 repair projects, 250 homes, and 90 homes internationally. Celeste serves as the primary contact for donors and fundraising for the organization as well as being active in the community through Rotary, Chambers of Commerce, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, Church, and service to Habitat Texas as their past Board President.  She also leads the Global Village teams annually to Honduras.