Charles Antis – Founder & CEO, Antis Roofing & Waterproofing

Charles Antis – Founder & CEO, Antis Roofing & Waterproofing 

A well-respected and widely known roofing expert, entrepreneur and humanitarian, Charles has become one of the most trusted names in the roofing industry country wide, as well as an inspirational business leader championing social corporate responsibility.  Antis Roofing & Waterproofing celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2019, or as Charles would say, “for over 30 years, we’ve been keeping families safe and dry!” 

Charles has served on a dozen national and local boards for well-known organizations including the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA), where he co-initiated the national adoption of all 165 Ronald McDonald homes across the country. He is also a board member of The Roofing Alliance for Progress.  Locally, Charles serves on the Orange County Habitat for Humanity (Habitat OC), through which Antis Roofing & Waterproofing has donated every roof installation of every home built by Habitat OC since 2009 – over 80 families housed and $1M in “in-kind” donations, along with Eagle Roofing Products. Charles also serves the following organizations: 

Ronald McDonald House Orange County Board of Directors; Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign, raising over $9 million of the $12 million to double the size of the house; Chair of the Rock the Socks campaign

California State University Fullerton Center for Leadership Board of Directors

Orange County United Way Board of Directors and United 2 End Homelessness Executive Council

OneOC External Advisory Board

Charles has been the recipient of many prestigious national and local awards, including the 2020 Hispanic Leadership Award from the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, IMA Impact 2020 Award, OneOC 2020 Community Cup Best Overall Project: Team Antis Roofing & California Love Drop (CA Love Drop was founded by Wing Lam, bringing food, treats, and PPE to Frontline workers and First Responders), and OneOC 2020 Community Cup Best Hands-on Project: Team Antis Roofing & Second Harvest Truck Brigade. Charles was also honored with the American Red Cross Corporate Hero Award and a Civic 50 honoree of the most community minded companies in Orange County in 2019.  He was awarded in 2018 with the Business of the Year from the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce and the CACM Vision Award for Corporate Social Responsibility.  In 2017, Antis was honored as US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Best Corporate Steward, Small and Middle-Market Business, and he was also named as National Philanthropy Day Honoree, Outstanding Corporation or Business, Mid-Size; the Civic 50 Orange County Emerging Company award; and received the top honor with the CNA Insurance/National Roofing Contractors Association (CNA/NRCA) Community Involvement Award. Charles has also sponsored the Community Corner at the Anaheim Ducks arena since 2017, donating over 50,000 seats each year to nonprofit organizations.  

Charles Antis is a master storyteller and sought-after speaker, panelist, podcast and radio show guest.  He was featured in 2019 as the keynote for Best of Success; in 2018 as the keynote at the Irvine Chamber of Commerce Legends and Leaders breakfast; and at the US Chamber of Commerce Corporate Citizenship Conference in Washington D.C. The Antis “model for giving – give to grow” has been featured in t three books: “How Goodness Pays” written by Paul Batz with Paul Hillen; and “Unlocking High Performance” by Jason Lauritsen; and “Success Mindsets” written by Ryan Gottfredson. Antis will be featured in Do Good at Work by Bea Boccalandro, due out next month. Charles and Bea are also co-authoring a “How-to” book in coordination with a class they are building for Orange County United Way that Charles believes will become a national model at all United Way’s across the country. It’s currently entitled, The New Leadership Imperative: Corporate Social Responsibility and the course is set to launch in January. 

As a proponent of multi-tenant housing ownership education, Charles served for more than 20 years on the Education Committee of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), teaching maintenance responsibilities to board members and community managers. He is a former 10-year member of Vistage 390. Charles annually serves as a judge for multiple institutions, including the ACG Awards, RT3, CSUF Center for Leadership and the National Roofing Contractors Association. He attended Brigham Young University and lives with his wife and children in Irvine, California.  

For more information on Antis Roofing & Waterproofing go to https://www.antisroofing.com/