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.

As both the Chief Marketing Officer and Southern California Division President of Williams Homes, Daniel Faina provides strategic leadership and plays an integral role in all aspects of operations within Williams Homes' growing portfolio of communities including acquisitions, design, and development. During his tenure at Williams, Dan has played an active part in the development of numerous communities in Southern and Central Coast California, Idaho, Montana, and now in Northern California and Texas. Along with Williams Homes’ executive management team, Dan is continually expanding and redefining the company’s business plan to satisfy everchanging homebuyer demands and market opportunities. He bases the foundation of each new community on the company’s mission statement, which is a commitment to building communities and creating homes with a family approach. In his current role as well as throughout his history at the company, Dan has taken part in developing the right people, processes, and technology to deliver the highest level of quality, reliability, and attainability for Williams’ homeowners. Dan joined Williams Homes in 2007 and has served as Southern California Division President since 2019 after serving as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He is passionate about sharing his industry insights and expertise through his involvement with the Building Industry Association of Southern California, the Greater Sales and Marketing Council, local chambers of commerce, advisory councils, and numerous other industry and community affiliations. Thanks to his strong leadership role at Williams Homes and the industry at large, Dan was recognized in 2018 by Professional Builder magazine in its annual list of 40 Under 40 Superstars in the homebuilding industry. Dan and his family reside in Santa Clarita, California.

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, and delivery.

Mr. Henneberry joined Williams Homes, Inc. in December of 2017 and is responsible for homebuilding developments along the central coast of California. 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 over 4,000 homes. Mr. Henneberry then spent 25 years working for Castle & Cooke CA, Inc. in Bakersfield, CA, as their VP of Housing Operations. During his tenure at Castle & Cooke, he grew a 50-homes per year operation into a 350-homes per year operation. In addition, he managed the development of two Jack Nicklaus golf courses at Coyote Creek in Morgan Hill, CA, including a 12,000-sf. clubhouse and ancillary facilities, a 9-hole expansion of the Seven Oaks Country Club in Bakersfield, CA, along with 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 the Williams team in 2014, and recently transitioned from the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ouellette leads the team on land acquisitions, financing and property dispositions. Mr. Ouellette has been in the home building industry for the last 35 years working for public and private homebuilders and focused on bringing together land and capital. He’s held leadership roles in both finance and land acquisition at KB Home, Richmond American and Larwin Company. Prior to Williams Homes, Mr. Ouellette was Vice President of Land Acquisition for KB Home. During his most recent and prior association with KB Home, Mr. Ouellette lead the company to acquire enough land and lots to maintain KB Home’s market dominance in Los Angeles County. Mr. Ouellette is a CPA (license status inactive) and a real estate broker with extensive experience financing private homebuilding operations and orchestrating land deals. Mr. Ouellette’s prior employment and consulting experience includes project management, entitlement preservation, strategic land positioning, distressed land acquisition and project financing.

Currently the Vice President of Corporate Finance, Mr. Shapiro has over 15 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 and financing efforts at Williams Homes. Prior to joining Williams Homes in 2017 as its Director of Land Acquisitions, Andrew worked at The New Home Company 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 developer 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.

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, and forward planning. 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 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.

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.

Mr. Little joined the Williams team in 2021 as the Division President of Idaho. Dave brings extensive experience and a proven track record in leading operations, finance, sales and marketing, customer service and land acquisition. Mr. Little is an expert in presenting and negotiating with land developers, city leaders and school districts. Prior to joining Williams Homes, Mr. Little most recently developed a 24.5 million cubic yard master plan named “Skyline” which included a two-acre rec center and 12 models within four communities in 18 months. Skyline was recognized as Master Plan Community of the Year at the 2019 So Cal Awards. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Little lead the accounting, finance and accounts payable teams over four Pardee Home divisions. Dave was the VP of Finance at Richmond American Homes and Director of Financial Reporting at Shea Homes.

Jason joined Williams Homes July 1, 2021 as the Montana Division President. Prior to employment with Williams Homes, Jason served as a consultant who helped locate land acquisition opportunities which allowed Williams Homes to begin long-term operations in Montana and build their division in the state. Jason is a 4th generation native of the Gallatin Valley and Bozeman, MT. He has worked in real estate and home building his entire professional career, beginning as a project manager for a land development company in 1997. During his time there, he was involved in all facets of the land development process and created over 3000 residential and commercial lots in the Bozeman and Belgrade area. Jason began overseeing home construction for a builder based in Billings, MT in 2008, and in 2021 helped Williams Homes acquire that builder's inventory and lot pipeline, thereby becoming the largest home builder in the state of Montana with ongoing operations in Bozeman, Belgrade, Helena, and Billings.

Mr. Klein originally joined Williams in 2004 as the SVP of Finance and Operations. In 2009, Mr. Klein relocated to the east coast where he spent over ten years in both consulting and private equity, including the completion of several real estate and real estate service company transactions. In 2019, Mr. Klein moved to Austin, Texas and began consulting for Williams on land acquisition efforts and rejoined Williams in 2020 as the Texas Division President. During his original tenure with Williams, Mr. Klein oversaw acquisition, development, construction and financing alongside Mr. Williams and he will perform the same functions for the Texas Division while building a physical base of operations for Williams in Texas. In 2021, Mr. Klein took on the role of Chief Financial Officer in addition to his Texas Division President position. Mr. Klein received his bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate and Law from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1993 and his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1999.

Mike joined Williams Homes in 2020. His professional experience of over 30 years covers a broad range of roles in the homebuilding industry. Mike has worked through many different levels of construction and management throughout his career, starting as an Assistant Superintendent and moving through the ranks as Project Superintendent, General Superintendent, Purchasing, Architecture Development, Operations, and now Division President. Through his time as Vice President of Operations and now as Division President in Northern California, Mike has been responsible for all field and purchasing operations starting from due diligence during the acquisition process through home production and community completion in the Northern California division. Mike has also sold residential and commercial real estate and brings knowledge and expertise of real estate law with him. Mike holds a California General Contractor’s license, and as well as both California and Florida Real Estate Salesperson’s licenses.

Michael (Mike) Badner brings with him over 37 years of private sector real estate development experience. Mike has been with Williams Homes for 8 years of which the first 5 years Mike managed the project management team company wide and personally managed all the projects in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties. As the company expanded to the Idaho and Montana markets, Mike transitioned into Mountain States Division Manager position overseeing these projects while those divisions grew into their separate Divisions. Now that the Montana Division has grown substantially, Mike is now focussed on the project management and entitlements for all Montana projects. Prior to joining Williams, Mike worked with the Resmark Companies (a full-service real estate investment advisor and equity provider) managing and developing their privately held residential assets, prior to that Mike worked for Pacific Union Homes and Shea Homes. Over the years, Mike has entitled and helped develop tens of thousands of homes in numerous residential and master planned communities throughout California and the Western US. Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in City and Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a California Real Estate License.

Through nearly a decade of work in the homebuilding industry, Marc Smith has taken on a variety of roles in Project Management, Purchasing, and Operations, and has gained valuable experience leading up to his current position as Vice President of Operations for Williams Homes in Montana. He takes pride especially in his leadership skills, as he aims to always direct his team to favor the unique strengths of each member. Throughout his career he has often served as a thoughtful and trustworthy advisor to senior management, and now also enjoys acting as a mentor to his fellow employees, helping them to develop their own skills in the industry. Marc’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in economics from California State University Northridge as well as graduation from a Tactical Small Unit Leaders Course, earned during his time in service with the US Marine Corps. Marc considers himself the least “corporate” of Williams Homes’ VPs – Outside of work, he spends his time eating cheese with his German Shepherd, trying against all odds to find something good to watch on Netflix (demonstrating his innate patience and perseverance), and “being the biggest nerd you know!”

Kristina joined Williams Homes in August 2014 and is responsible for people operations, company culture, and risk management for all Williams Homes divisions. She began her career in Human Resources in 1999 working for St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer, where she supported full cycle HR operations as a HR Representative for 6 years and moved into HR Management supporting the Western US Sales Division for an additional 5 years. After taking 4 years off to raise her daughter, Kristina joined Williams Homes, where she became a valued member to the company quickly and helped to grow the Williams Homes family from 40 employees in 2014 to the 200 and counting we have today. In her early years with Williams Homes, she also took on the Risk Management role for the company, which was essential as the company continued to grow. Kristina has a degree in Business Management from University of Phoenix and an HR Certification from Cal State Northridge. Kristina Clark is native to Southern California, and lives in her hometown of Santa Clarita with her husband, James, and 12-year-old daughter, Molly.

Over his 25 years of experience working in new homes sales, Michael Brunette has sold thousands of homes in both the Los Angeles and Ventura counties. His passion for helping families to find their perfect home has led him to great success, as he currently oversees sales for all regions and all markets at Williams Homes across four states in the Western US. He has held his current position for three of his five years at Williams Homes. He prides himself on being a hands-on leader who develops personal relationships with each salesperson he oversees and provides them with the tools they need to find success as a member of an effective team. Michael brings a sense of creativity to his day-to-day life and strives to serve as a friendly face and source of support around the office. He is always happy to answer questions and to share his knowledge and expertise with his Williams Homes family.

For over 16 years, Nathan has navigated the complex process of entitling land in California for project approvals. Since joining Williams Homes in March 2021 as the Director of Entitlements, Nathan’s central focus has been working with various jurisdictions to achieve local and state approvals for Williams Homes' residential projects. This includes early map planning, zoning and land use review, and understanding the complications of the California Environmental Quality Act to ensure that each project conforms to the state legislation. He is also responsible for ensuring that all necessary county, city, state and/or federal permits are obtained in order to begin improvement plans and construct homes. Prior to joining Williams Homes, Nathan worked for Tejon Ranch as the Vice President of Real Estate on the master planned community called Centennial. In 2019, after 18 years, this 19,333 home and 10.1 million square feet of industrial/commercial project was approved by the Board of Supervisors in Los Angeles County. In his free time, Nathan enjoys watching his kids play soccer, coffee dates with his wife, or escaping to the wilderness to hunt and fish.

Stacey joined Williams Homes as the Purchasing Manager for the Rebuild Division in January 2018 where she managed all aspects of the design rebuild process. Her responsibilities include architectural design and city submittals, homeowner specifications, budget preparation and final reconciliations with insurance carriers and lenders. Mrs. Hems played a vital role in the success of the Rebuild Division and was promoted to the Corporate Purchasing Manager position in January 2019. Prior to joining Williams Homes, Stacey worked at DR Horton for 12 years where she held several positions including Contracts Administrator, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Supervisor for the West Region Processing Center and Purchasing Manager for the LA/Ventura Division. Her responsibilities included managing all aspects of the Purchasing Department, working with Corporate Purchasing to implement national accounts at the division level and created a standardized options system with various specification levels. After DR Horton, Mrs. Hems worked for a Luxury Home Builder in Beverly Hills where she helped set up an in-house purchasing process and coordinated design selections with interior designers, professional staging companies and the CEO. Combined, Stacey has 14 plus years of experience in the home building industry and is an active member of the LA/Ventura Residential Purchasing Council and BIA.

Deborah Correa joined the Williams Homes family in April 2021 as the Warranty Service Director. Her primary focus is leading the service team in confirming the home is delivered the Williams Homes’ way and ensuring the service team provides exceptional service to our homeowners, while fulfilling our warranty commitment. Her career in homebuilding began in 2000 and through several job advancements, she became a warranty manager. She found her passion in warranty and continues to build her knowledge and experience. She is process focused, results oriented, and driven to provide the best warranty service to our customers. After-all, homeowners are the purpose of our business! In her free time, you can find her enjoying time with her family (including her dog, Daisy), rooting for the LA Dodgers, and thinking of her next home improvement project.

A marketing purist, Lisa brings more than two decades of experience to her position as Director of Marketing. She thrives with the soft and creative elements of the role (i.e., to strategize, research, and discover) while digging hard to design, develop, and enhance the branding process and presence of Williams Homes. She leads a team of thinkers and doers managing corporate and division marketing efforts, as well as servicing the company’s mortgage arm, Great Western Home Loans. Lisa previously served Williams Homes as a marketing consultant since the company’s inception in 1996, where she developed and executed branding, advertising, and publicity strategies alongside senior management. Lisa holds a degree in product merchandising and marketing, but her real education happened organically through the years, and continues today. She has forever resided in the South Bay area of Los Angeles where she and her husband raised five awe-inspiring kids.