A California native, Lance Williams has been building homes for more than 25 years.  Founding the company that bears his name in 1996 along with housing legend Ray Watt, his development experience encompasses all disciplines of residential real estate.  As president and CEO, Mr. Williams has directly overseen the acquisition, entitlement, financing, development, construction, sales and delivery of more than 1,000 homes in 30 communities worth in excess of $400 million, and currently has in development or under construction an additional 1,200 units with a completed value of approximately $600 million.  Prior to founding Williams Homes, Inc., Mr. Williams was employed by Watt Housing Corporation and Beazer Homes, Inc. where he served in a number of management roles.  Mr. Williams received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate and Law from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.  Mr. Williams is a California licensed real estate broker and licensed general contractor.   Mr. Williams is an active member of the California Building Industry Association, where he has acted in a variety of functions including serving as the chair of the government affairs committee as well as on the board of directors of the Los Angeles/Ventura chapter of the BIA.  Through the years, he has shared his expertise by serving on industry boards, chairing committees, and guest speaking, in addition to lending his time and efforts to many worthy community endeavors.  Mr. Williams has also been recognized by his alma mater as distinguished alumni for outstanding early career success and outstanding entrepreneurship.

Daniel Faina joined Williams in 2007 after several years as a licensed Realtor for RE/MAX of Valencia. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Faina marketed and sold dozens of residential properties across both Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Since becoming an integral part of the Williams Homes’ team, Mr. Faina has developed and implemented both sales and marketing strategies that have allowed Williams to continue selling its homes through the recent economic downturn. He is also responsible for real estate market analysis for all new communities, as well as research and development of cutting-edge marketing campaigns. Beginning in the real estate industry at the young age of 17, Mr. Faina has proven that integrity and an entrepreneurial spirit are what it takes to build a foundation in business that can withstand any storm.

Mr. Henneberry joined Williams Homes, Inc. in December of 2017 and is responsible for homebuilding developments from Paso Robles to Lompoc. He began his career in new home construction in 1987 working for Paragon Homes in Santa Monica, CA where he was instrumental in the construction of over 4,000 homes. Mr. Henneberry spent the last 25 years working for Castle & Cooke CA, Inc. in Bakersfield, CA as their VP of Housing Operations over the past 13 years. During his tenure at Castle & Cooke, he grew a 50-homes per year operation, into a 350-homes per year operation. In addition, Pat managed the development of two Jack Nicklaus golf courses at Coyote Creek in Morgan Hill, CA including a 12,000 square foot clubhouse and ancillary facilities; a 9-hole expansion of the Seven Oaks Country Club in Bakersfield, CA and several commercial projects. Mr. Henneberry is a past president of the Homebuilders Association of Kern County and sat on the board of directors from 2001-2017. He has a degree in psychology from San Francisco State University.

Mr. Ouellette joined Williams Homes in 2014 and serves as the company’s Chief Investment Officer. In this role he leads Williams Homes’ land acquisitions efforts and secures project level financing. During the past three decades, Mr. Ouellette built his real estate career in Southern California serving as a private builder CFO as well as holding senior roles in land acquisition for two large public homebuilders. Mr. Ouellette has a consistent history of elevating his land acquisition teams to buy sufficient land and lots to maintain a market dominant position in Los Angeles County. Mr. Ouellette is a former CPA and a real estate broker with a broad range of experience. His prior employment and consulting experience includes project management, entitlement preservation, strategic land positioning, distressed land acquisition and project financing.

Mike joined Williams Homes in January of 2018 as the Senior Vice President of Operations at the corporate office, located in Santa Clarita. Mr. Hoolihan’s responsibilities include managing the day to day operations for all land development, vertical construction, purchasing, forward planning and home warranty. Mr. Hoolihan has over 25 years of experience in the home building industry and has developed and built urban infill projects throughout LA and the San Gabriel Valley as well as large scale master planned communities throughout Southern California. Prior to joining Williams Homes, Mr. Hoolihan was with DR Horton for 16 years and held several management positions which included; Purchasing Manager, Operations Manager and Vice President of Operations. After DR Horton, Mr. Hoolihan was the Vice President of Operations for a luxury home builder in Beverly Hills, California, where he was responsible for re-structuring the company’s development operations as well as working with the various investors on 22 properties, with sales prices ranging from $9 to $21 million. Mr. Hoolihan holds a Class B General Contractors License, is a certified inspector of erosion control (QSP) and also an active member of the BIA and Residential Purchasing Council.

With over 30 years of development industry experience, plus a degree in City and Regional Planning from the California Polytechnic State University in SLO, Mr. Badner brings a wide range of knowledge to Williams Homes. Prior to joining Williams Homes Mr. Badner was with Palm Communities entitling apartment and townhome projects in Arizona and affordable housing projects throughout CA, prior to that he worked with Resmark Companies overseeing the redesign and development of number assets they acquired during the recession. He has also worked with Pacific Union Homes and Shea Homes. While working with these companies, Mr. Badner has managed the entitlements and/or permits for nearly 10,000 homes throughout the Western US, projects ranging in size from small 24-unit urban infill projects, multi-family townhomes and condominiums, apartment complexes, to large master planned communities of over 1,400 homes.    

Mr. Badner joined Williams Homes in 2014 and oversees the project management team members as well as the management of number projects including the company's large master-planned community in Ventura with four product lines and five parks.

With over 21 years of development industry experience, Mr. Miyashiro joined Williams Homes in May 2019. His prior experience includes 20 years at D.R. Horton and one year at Lennar. Randy was an Assistant Corporate Controller at Western Pacific Housing and provided financial analyses supporting the merger with Schuler Homes and subsequently D.R. Horton. He then served as D.R. Horton’s West Region Controller and Division Controller for its Los Angeles/Ventura Division. Randy joined Lennar’s Los Angeles/Ventura Division after its merger with CalAtlantic. He oversaw the division’s integration and conversion of systems to the Lennar platforms as the Division Controller. Randy supervises all Corporate and Division accounting functions at Williams Homes. Randy is a Certified Management Accountant, with an Accounting degree from USC.

Martin Mendoza has more than twenty years of residential building experience and has overseen construction for Williams since 2001. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Mendoza worked under contract for a number of home builders including Pardee Homes, Kaufman and Broad, Centex Homes, EPAC Communities and Braemar Homes. Mr. Mendoza is a multi-disciplined construction executive and tradesman with a consistent record of delivering projects on time, on schedule, and with exceptional quality. Mr. Mendoza joined Williams, in 1997 and is responsible for all aspects of field construction management and supervision, including scheduling, site development, construction, delivery, and customer service.

Raised in a real estate development family, (Sadie’s grandfather was legendary real estate developer Ray Watt) Sadie went to work for Watt Companies where she developed robust marketing and public relations experience. Sadie left the corporate world to lovingly raise her children. It was Sadie’s passion for creativity that drove her back into homebuilding. Sadie created Williams Homes’ first in-house design team, which spearheads home design, product development and model merchandising. Over the past ten years Sadie has overseen 60+ sales office and model home installations. Furthermore, Sadie brings her decades of industry knowledge and insight to the Board of Directors for Watt Ventures and Williams Homes. Sadie Williams is the Product Development Director, but more than that she exudes grace, grit and the heart of Williams Homes.

Currently the Director of Land Acquisitions, Mr. Shapiro has over 10 years of experience in acquiring and developing residential and commercial properties throughout the country. Responsible for underwriting, negotiating, and sourcing new investments, Andrew leads the day-to-day land acquisitions efforts at Williams Homes. Prior to joining Williams Homes in 2017, Andrew worked at The New Home Company, a publicly traded homebuilder, as a Land Acquisitions Manager. There he focused on Land Valuation Analysis and Due Diligence for investments throughout the Southern California markets. Prior to his employment with The New Home Company, Mr. Shapiro worked as an Analyst for The Festival Companies, a leading shopping center development firm based in Los Angeles. Mr. Shapiro earned a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a M.S. from New York University in Real Estate Finance and Investment.

Bob Barjam joined Williams Homes in October of 2010.  Bob is responsible for management of day to day operations that involve horizontal as well as the vertical improvements. Mr. Barjam has 30 years of development experience and has developed commercial as well as residential developments throughout Southern California and Nevada.  Prior to joining Williams Homes Mr. Barjam was with the SunCal Companies for 18 years. During his time at SunCal he performed in a number of management roles including development director where he headed the home building aspects in the early 90’s then ultimately a Vice President role in the land development and acquisition departments. While in that role Mr. Barjam was responsible for development of a number of Southern California master planned communities. In his career Mr. Barjam has overseen the development of hotels, shopping centers and approximately 4,000 lots as well as construction of over 450 homes.  Mr. Barjam holds a Class B general contractors license and is in good standing with the State Board.

Richard Betz brings over forty years combined trade contractor relationship and experience in residential and commercial development. During his career Mr. Betz has overseen in excess of a half billion dollars worth of contracts in the capacity of Purchasing Agent, Director, and Manager. A partial list of builders he has worked with includes Williams Homes, Inc., Watt Developers, Inc., Beazer Homes, Inc., Watt/Parker, Inc., Saddletree Development Co., M.J. Brock & Sons, Helms Homes and Fine Built Homes. Mr. Betz is a charter member and past President of the Residential Purchasing Council. Mr. Betz holds a B.A. degree in Economics and a B.S. degree in Construction Management from Michigan State University. During the last twelve years, Mr. Betz has worked under contract with Williams to provide his specialized skills, including onsite and offsite purchasing, architectural design review and value engineering, specification writing, budgets, and product development.

Kelly Brown joined Williams in 2004 with more than 10 years of experience in the construction and real estate development business. Before joining Williams, Mrs. Brown worked for the Legal Counsel, CFO and Controller of The Newhall Land and Farming Company. Mrs. Brown provides all administrative support to the President & CEO, CFO and Senior Vice Presidents.  Kelly is also the Office Manager overseeing both on and offsite facility issues and provides in-house Notary services for Williams Homes.    

Mrs. Brown was born in London, Ontario, Canada. After graduating from Westervelt Business College as a Legal Assistant, she worked in the legal department of Deloitte, Haskins & Cells and the law firm of Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler before moving to Southern California in 1993.