Meet Our Leadership Team

Board  of  Directors

Dawn Reese, Chair

Kyle Maguire, Vice Chair

Kelly Peterson, Secretary

Bill Sanderson. Treasurer

Janice Frechette-Artinger

Shari Battle, Member

Marcella Rios-Faust, Member

Yanet Gonzalez, Member

Ed Hart, Member

Meagan Hayes, Member

David Juelfs, Member

Bob Karcher, Member

Drake Levasheff, Member

Jeff Snow, Member

Les Walker, Member

2022 Advisory Team

Jeff Black, McDermott/Bull Search

Tim Bauer, Olive Crest

Sharon Barlow, Sharon and Sons Floor to Ceiling

Shari Battle, Bank of America

David Blair, Santa Ana Boys and Girls Club

Stephanie Courtillier, Integrous Women

Gary Crouch, Clifton Larson Allen LLP

Janice Frechette-Artinger, Parentis Foundation

Paula Garcia-Arsenault, Chase Bank

Yanet Gonzalez, Templo Calvario CDC

Alix Gruden, Clifton Larson Allen LLP

Tim Jemal, Jemal Public Affairs

David Juelfs, Newfront Insurance

Bob Karcher, Halftime/B Karcher Consulting

Kip Kolson, Family Wealth Leadership

Drake Levasheff, Azusa Pacific University

Susie Lopez-Guerra, Santa Ana Unified School District

Kyle Maguire, American Business Bank

Kristine Peters, Orange County United Way

Kelly Peterson, Wood Gutmann & Bogart

Tim Pidcock, Blue Water PS

Wayne Pinnell, Haskell & White

Richard Porras, Retired

Dawn Reese, The Wooden Floor

Maricela Rios-Faust, Human Options

Bill Sanderson, Golden State Foods

Deepak Sinha, Anago Cleaning Services

Jeff Snow, DRC

Tim Strauch, OneOC

Richard Ward, Stifel Nicolaus

Les Walker, Revolution Office

Shawn Wehan, GIVSUM

Deborah Wondercheck, Arts & Learning Conservatory

Michael Fitch, HUB International

Russ Williams, Founder and Chief Inspiration Officer

Passkeys Foundation

Following a twenty-three year career in church ministry, Russ Williams founded the Passkeys Foundation in 1996 to serve children, youth, parents/grandparents, and the business community in Orange County. Since its inception, Passkeys has been become recognized for its inspirational programs, educational publications, and interactive seminars/workshops that inspire character development, ethical leadership, and business excellence.

Russ has authored over 700 articles and currently writes the Inspiration Impulse Workweek Blog. The Foundation has published three books including Kids of Character, The Parenting Promises and Integrity Assets. Additionally, it has published two journals, including Finding God’s Purpose in our Problems and Leaders of Integrity.

Over the years, Passkeys Foundation has financially supported many charitable non-profits and educational institutions including YMCA Orange County, KidWorks, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs, Pure Game, Belltower Foundation, Mission Viejo Community of Character, The Freedom Committee of Orange County/Living History Project, public schools, community churches, among others.

In 2016, Passkeys Foundation redefined its programming focus and Dave Elliott brought new vision to engage the Orange County Business Community, with the creation of a new program called “Institute for Community Impact.” The Institute provides diverse and distinctive programming focused on Educating, Equipping and Engaging business professionals to become involved in helping identify and bring creative solutions to community needs.

Dave Elliott, Founder

Institute for Community Impact

CEO, Passkeys Foundation
President/CEO, Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce
President, David Elliott and Associates, Inc.

Dave Elliott is a 30-year resident and successful business professional in Orange County and he currently serves as President/CEO of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. Before joining the Chamber of Commerce, Dave served as Associate Vice President of University Relations for Vanguard University, among other key roles during his 15-year tenure with the organization.

Dave is also President of David Elliott and Associates, Inc., a business development firm serving for-profit and non-profit organizations. Throughout Orange County, Dave is known as an extraordinary relationship-builder and people-connector with a passion to “Just Do Good.”  Dave holds a strong belief this philosophy leads to the greatest success and significance in life.

Over the years and through his engagement in many Orange County Communities, Dave realized there were no organizations whose focus was educating, equipping and engaging others to identify unmet community needs and bring creative solutions. This is what inspired Dave in 2016 to found the Institute for Community Impact, a program of the Passkeys Foundation.

Today, Dave Elliott and Russ Williams (Passkeys Foundation Founder and President) provide leadership for the Institute for Community Impact to expand its programming and engage key influencers, corporations and business professionals to make a positive impact in Orange County Communities.

Passkeys Foundation is a 501(c)(3); 509(a)(1) publicly supported foundation.