The Depot

About Us

Peter Morris, President

Peter Morris is the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors for The Depot. Peter founded The Depot along with his wife, Wendy Morris. He currently spends approximately 20 volunteer hours per month working for The Depot. His volunteer hours are spent picking up and distributing donations for The Depot. He is currently employed as a Studio Manager for Ware Malcomb Architects. His past volunteer activities include facilitating missions trip teams for Mountain View Church along with other church affiliated outreach programs.

Wendy Morris, Vice President

Wendy Morris is Vice President and a Director of The Depot. Wendy founded the Depot along with her husband, Peter Morris. Wendy currently spends approximately 100 volunteer hours per month working for The Depot. Her duties include organizing all Depot volunteers and donation pickups and deliveries. She maintains the storage facility. She also interfaces with organizations who refer people to The Depot and contacts people and families who are referred to The Depot. Her previous professional experience includes work as a Junior Interior Designer and Architectural Project Coordinator. Her past volunteer activities were related to church affiliated outreach programs.

Lisa Rydell, CFO

Lisa Rydell is CFO/Treasurer and Director of The Depot. Lisa currently spends about 10 volunteer hours a month working for The Depot. Her duties include preparing all necessary corporate, governmental and financial filings as well as maintaining the accounting records of The Depot. Lisa is a CPA and is currently the CFO of Networx Online. She previously spent 5 years working in public accounting. Her previous volunteer activities include 8 years as an active member of The Junior League of Santa Barbara, one year of which was spent as a member of the Board of Directors.

Heather Premac, Secretary

Heather Premac is Secretary and Director of The Depot. She currently spends approximately 30 volunteer hours per month working for The Depot. Heather oversees the marketing and promotion of The Depot. Her goal is to gather community awareness and support, as well as, financial donations for The Depot. Heather is currently the event coordinator for Teens and Risk, a school awareness program that collaborates schools with public service agencies. Heather is also involved with other charitable programs through World Vision, Y-Malawi, National Charity League and The Boys and Girls Towns of Orange County.

Jason Bittick, Officer

Jason Bittick is a Director of The Depot. Jason currently spends approximately 3 volunteer hours per month working for The Depot. Jason is overseeing the search for warehouse space, as well as, providing information regarding insurance issues. He is currently the owner of ISU Insurance Services. Previously he served on the Board of Directors for The Orange County Chapter of the International Dyslexia Association and the Tustin Rotary.