The Wooden Floor

MANAGEMENT

CEO/Executive Director

Dawn S. Reese

CEO/Executive Director Experience

Dawn S. Reese, Chief Executive Officer, is a social innovator who leverages her unique blend of experience in business, technology, education and the arts to propel young people forward. During Dawn’s 12-year tenure, the organization’s budget has grown from $2.1M to $3.55M. She has led efforts to take its model national by signing their first licensed partner in Washington, DC, and opened a second location in Santa Ana through an innovative partnership with C&C Development, a workforce development community, which increases the afterschool student body to nearly 500 year-round children and their families who are served up to 10 years. Dawn received the 2020 Woman of Distinction – 34th California Senate District, 2019 Women Breaking Barriers Award from Connected Women of Influence, 2018 Founders Award from the Institute for Community Impact, 2016 Center for Leadership Award for Innovation from California State University Fullerton, and 2015 Difference Makers Award for Small Nonprofit Person of the Year from the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. Dawn serves on the Board of Directors, and as Chair, of the Passkeys Foundation; Orange County Music and Dance; OneOC, and serves as Treasurer for the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. She also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Center for Leadership - College of Business and Economics at California State University Fullerton, the Orange County Business Council’s Latino Education Attainment Committee, and co-Chairs the Youth Mental Health Task Force for the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce. She is a leading voice for improving nonprofit board governance and board diversity practices. Dawn is a Certified Fund Raising Executive and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University Long Beach.

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