Mental Health & Wellness: 4th Annual Orange County Workshop for C-Suite Executives

Join us for a day of learning and self-care at our 4th annual Mental Health & Wellness Orange County Workshop for C-Suite Executives.

Hosted by MVS, Inc. | MVS Foundation, and CSUF Giles-O'Malley Center for Leadership College of Business and Economics. Welcome to the Mental Health & Wellness Workshop for C-Suite Executives. Join us on Thursday, May 14th, 2026, at 8:00 AM for a day of learning and self-care with other likeminded C-Suite Executives. 

This event will take place at CSUF Mihaylo Hall | O'Brien Center (SGMH 3230). Come and discover practical tips and strategies to improve your mental well-being. Connect with other C-Suite Executives and gain valuable insights from expert speakers who will help facilitate some of the uncomfortable topics and discussions we all want to discuss and don't know where to begin. Don't miss out on this opportunity to prioritize your mental health, in an atmosphere where you can be vulnerable, have open discussions with other likeminded executives with similar experiences as you. You are NOT alone. Together we can move mountains.

Breakdown of your day | Workshop Agenda:

• 8:00AM–8:30AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 8:30AM–8:50AM: Opening/Welcome (Eric Goodman | Jay Barbuto | Sponsors: Antis Roofing and Waterproofing, Doing Good Works, Blytheco)
• 8:50AM–11:50AM: Program, featuring:
  • Speakers:
    • Dr. Phoenix Van Wagoner | Assistant Professor of Management, CSUF
      • Dr. Van Wagoner is an assistant professor of management at California State University, Fullerton. Phoenix’s research is interdisciplinary and converges at the intersection of diversity, mental health, and leadership. The overarching goal of Phoenix's research is to understand how leadership, diversity, and mental health emerge and interact at work. His research takes a person-centered approach using a variety of methods such as daily surveys, chatbot mediated data collection, qualitative interviews, and mixed methods. On a larger scale, Phoenix's research employs these methods to help organizations understand the lived experiences of diverse and marginalized individuals working in fast-paced and often stressful work environments. Through a better understanding of hidden and visible diversity, leaders and organizations can better promote a more tolerant, diverse, and inclusive society.
    • Eric L. Goodman | Owner/President/CEO, MVS, Inc., Chem-Pak, Co-Founder/Chief Innovation Officer, Elivation Health, Founder/Board Member, MVS Foundation
      • Eric Goodman is the bestselling author of What’s Your Mindset?: Meditations on Life and Leadership. He is also President/CEO of MVS, Inc. (Mountain View Services), a healthcare supply and distribution company serving more than 500 homes for developmentally disabled adults and children for the past 38 years. Eric acquired Chem-Pak, a janitorial and facility supply company, from his father in 2023, making the 38-year-old family business second-generation owned. He serves/has served on the board of directors for several prominent non-profit organizations, including the American Heart Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Orange County Department of Education Foundation and many more. MVS, Inc. was a Points of Light The Civic 50 honoree in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, recognized as one of the top 50 most community-minded companies in Orange County. MVS was named the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Orange County National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Small Business in 2024. Eric was honored as the Greater Irvine Chamber Philanthropist of the Year in 2024.
    • Josh ("The Keymaker") Friedman | Owner, Zero Point Activation, LLC
      • Zero Point Activation is dedicated to elevating collective consciousness and awareness through transformative and loving healing experiences. Their mission is to guide individuals toward self-love and freedom, helping them release trauma and manifest their true desires. They specialize in sound healing, reiki, somatic breath work, tai chi, meditation and other modalities of healing with groups and individuals.
    • Adele DiMarco | Founder, Yinovate Advisory
      • Adele DiMarco is a CEO advisor and organizational health strategist who helps leaders build the internal capacity to lead under sustained pressure—without burning out themselves or their teams. For over 25 years, she has worked with mid-market companies, nonprofit organizations, and their boards to strengthen leadership alignment, stabilize executive dynamics, and navigate high-stakes transitions. Her work includes dozens of nonprofit executive teams and boards, where leadership demands are often as complex as the mission itself. Adele integrates neuroscience, organizational behavior, and heart-based coherence practices to help leaders regulate stress, think clearly under pressure, and lead with grounded authority. Through Yinovate Advisory, she partners with CEOs and leadership teams to ensure that as pressure increases, leadership capacity expands to meet it—so the mission doesn’t come at the cost of the leader.
  • Panelists:
    • Dawn S. Reese, CFRE | Chief Executive Officer, The Wooden Floor
      • Dawn has leveraged her unique for-profit and non-profit leadership experience to be a life-changer for youth and propel The Wooden Floor forward. It drives The Wooden Floor’s mission-driven, business-minded strategies. Over her 17-year tenure at The Wooden Floor, she has created organizational clarity by focusing on aligning priorities with delivering impressive programs, increasing visibility, and driving results. 100% of graduates from The Wooden Floor have enrolled in higher education. She brings both passion and purpose to make a difference in her community. She is an author, consultant, mentor, and national conference presenter in the areas of board governance, strategic planning, fund development, branding, impact evaluation and creative youth development.
    • David Blair | Executive Director, Orange County Schools Bright Futures Foundation
      • David Blair is Executive Director of the Orange County Schools Bright Futures Foundation, where he treats philanthropy as investment, aligning resources with measurable outcomes that strengthen students, schools, and communities across Orange County. He is known for strategic leadership, strong partnerships, and a belief that generosity should drive lasting, measurable impact. David works at the intersection of education, philanthropy, and community, helping connect vision with action and investment with opportunity. He is committed to building brighter futures by advancing initiatives that expand access, inspire collaboration, and create meaningful results for students and families.
    • Burgandie Onekea | Chief Regional Officer, Executive Director, Junior Achievement of OC & IE
      • Burgandie is a multi-state and regional C-suite executive with more than 25 years of experience leading complex nonprofit enterprises with $4M–$22M P&L accountability, board governance partnership, and sustained revenue growth. Throughout her career, she has been trusted as a strategic advisor and operational leader, guiding organizations through growth, transition, and transformation. Her leadership is grounded in disciplined financial stewardship, operational controls, and performance management systems that ensure sustainable growth. She provides clear strategic direction while building the infrastructure; reporting, systems, people, and governance frameworks required to support scale. She is known for collaborative executive partnership, effective negotiation, and building consensus across boards, staff, donors, and community stakeholders. Her experience spans education, health, and economic mobility organizations including Junior Achievement of Southern California, Muscular Dystrophy Association, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Arthritis Foundation, American Cancer Society, and March of Dimes. She believes strong organizations achieve lasting impact when strategy, culture, financial discipline, and leadership alignment are integrated.
    • Erika Aviña, SHRM-CP, MBA | Founder & Fractional HR Consultant, Avina Consulting
      • Erika is a seasoned HR professional and the founder of Avina Consulting, an Orange County-based fractional HR firm delivering executive-level human resources leadership to growing businesses, without the overhead of a full-time hire. With a background spanning senior HR leadership roles in professional services and financial services, she brings the kind of strategic expertise that moves businesses forward. California's employment law landscape is among the most complex in the nation, and she helps Orange County businesses stay compliant, build scalable HR infrastructure, and develop the people practices that drive long-term growth. She also helps organizations implement and communicate Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) ensuring employees actually know about and use the mental health, financial wellness, and work-life support resources available to them.
• 11:50AM–12:00PM: Closing
• 12:00PM: Networking Lunch Provided