Charity Storage Governance
Robert A. Chiti
Chairman
Robert Chiti is the Founder & CEO of OpenTech Alliance, Inc., a property technology leader in the self storage industry. Robert sits on the Board of Directors of Storage Treasures, LLC. He served on the Self Storage Association Board from 2014 – 2016 and has published many articles and presents regularly at industry events.
Lance Watkins
Founder / Board Member
Lance Watkins is a Founder and the conceptualizer of Charity Storage. Watkins is also a StorageTreasures Board Member, the Founder and CEO of Storage Outlet and the Founder and Board Member of Storelocal. Currently he is the CEO of Tenant Inc.
Sue Haviland
Vice Chair
Sue Haviland, Owner of Haviland Storage Services and partner at Self-Storage 101, is a leading consultant in all aspects of the self storage industry. She has served as a senior faculty member of the Self Storage Association. She taught certification courses for the SSA on Operations, Sales and Marketing, served on the SSA committee for Education, and on the California Self Storage Association Board of Directors.
Anne Mari DeCoster
Secretary
Anne Mari DeCoster has an extensive background in management consulting, having worked in numerous areas of both the private and public sectors. In 2002, Anne turned her focus to self-storage, and has served as Executive Director of the Arizona Self-Storage Association 2010 – 2020. Currently she is the COO at Storelocal.
Melissa Vines
Treasurer
Melissa is currently the Controller at StorageTreasures/OpenTech Alliance and has served on the Charity Storage Board since 2018.
Lisa Barth-Chiappetta
Board Member
Lisa is an owner and manager of Barth Storage. She serves on many different committees for the SSA and is the “Past President” for the Wisconsin Self Storage Association.
Shelby Beck
Board Member
Shelby Beck is the President of Business Operations at Extra Self Storage, overseeing 11 locations in CA and NV. She has demonstrated excellence in team building and leadership skills while serving on the BOD for the Nevada Self Storage Association and guiding a group of over 25 Extra Self Storage staff for the past seven years.
Troy Downing
Board Member
Troy is CEO of AC Self Storage Solutions, a Newport Beach, CA-based company. Troy is also a Managing Member of SAGE Insurance Servicing. He is involved with a number of charitable organizations, most notably Warriors and Quiet Waters, a Montana based foundation that takes traumatically wounded US Veterans on therapeutic fly-fishing trips.
Jamey Fawcett
Board Member
Jamey Fawcett is the President and COO of Accent Building Restoration (ABR). The comany has 15 branch offices in 10 states throughout the US, and has worked in the storage community for 24 years. He became affiliated with Charity Storage in 2016, becoming a Sustaining Sponsor. In 2020, ABR became a Guardian Sponsor. ABR also supports Kure It Cancer Research, as well as other charitable organizations that help the special needs community.
Brandon Snyder
Board Member
Brandon is currently the Director of Business Development at Storsmart Bader Insurance Programs. Previously, he was a partner at PFG Capital, which owned 40 self storage locations and a national tenant insurance program, Storsmart Insurance Program. Mr. Snyder also serves on the board of the Nevada Self Storage Association and is an active member of the Self Storage Association’s Young Leaders Group.
