PRESIDENT\/CEO <\/p>\n
GOODWILL OF ORANGE COUNTY<\/p>\n
WHY: Oversees the largest nonprofit in Orange County by revenue and an expansive employment social enterprise that serves more than 20,000 people annually. Manages a workforce of over 1,800 employees across 25 thrift stores and workforce development programs.<\/p>\n
IN THE NEWS: In November, opened 20,000 square foot Goodwill in Foothill Ranch, the nonprofit\u2019s 25th location in Orange County; spearheaded a comprehensive, year-long Strategic Planning process to mark Goodwill of Orange County\u2019s 100th year in 2024. NOTABLE: First woman appointed as president and CEO of Goodwill of Orange County. Responsible for the modernization of ShopGoodwill.com, the first e-commerce auction site created by a nonprofit. Won Business Journal 2018 Women of the Year Award.<\/p>\n
QUOTABLE: \u201cBe ready and willing to take on assignments and jobs that don\u2019t always make sense to you. The right leaders will often see your potential before you do. You\u2019ll learn new skills and gain new experiences that will take you outside your comfort zone and prepare you for jobs that you never dreamed you could do.\u201d \u2014 May 22, 2025 Cal State Fullerton commencement speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESIDENT\/CEO GOODWILL OF ORANGE COUNTY WHY: Oversees the largest nonprofit in Orange County by revenue and an expansive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-331484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}