In addition to his career as a premier sports and business executive, managing partner of Checketts Partners Investment Management, Dave Checketts, leads a life of community work and church service.
Checketts is a current member of the President’s Leadership Council at Brigham Young University.
On behalf of the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Church of LDS), Checketts was President of the England London Mission in the United Kingdom from July 2018 to July 2021. He led over 700 full-time volunteers from 54 different countries to help political refugees find jobs and housing. The mission opened many Friendship Centers teaching English and offering care to refugees. Under Checketts’ leadership, the England London mission overcame challenges from COVID-19 and mandatory lockdowns to still accomplish many of its original goals.
From 2008 to 2018, Checketts served as Chairman of the Clinical Neurosciences Center at the University of Utah research hospital. He recruited and established an executive board to create a vision and plan for future facilities and hospitals. In Connecticut's Westchester area from 2007-2016, Checketts served as Stake President for the Church of LDS. He was the religious and spiritual leader for over 4,000 church members for those 9 years. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, he organized a substantial recovery effort of 2,000 people assisting with cleanup and aid.
During the months following the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Checketts initiated a support system to provide emotional and spiritual help to impacted families.
In 2004, Checketts hosted an open house for over 100,000 people who toured the newly constructed Manhattan Temple in New York (Church of LDS). Checketts oversaw the dedication of the building which received international media coverage, largely due to its central location in one of the most influential cities of the world.
Checketts was a member of the New York YMCA from 1993-1999.
Under his tenure as President of Madison Square Garden in the 1990’s, Checketts established the Cheering for Children Foundation.