15th Annual Leadership Awards
Giles-O’Malley Center for Leadership
2026 Leadership Awards
Friday, May 8, 2026
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Networking: 11 a.m. | Program: 11:30 a.m.
Hilton OC Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol St, Costa Mesa
Congratulations to This Year’s Honorees
Excellence in Executive Leadership
Community Engagement
Mark Schulein
CEO, Crown Ace Hardware
Culture Change
Bonnie Pomush
CEO, Working Wardrobes
Title Sponsor | Keynote Speaker
Terry Giles
Giles Enterprises
Excellence in Leadership Development
Behr Paint
LPA Design
Organizational Excellence in Community Engagement
Bank of America
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Plus Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
- Antis Roofing & Waterproofing
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast
- CSP Networks
- DPR Construction
- Farmers & Merchants Bank
- LPA Design
- Mercer
- MVS Corp
- OCSE - Orange County Sports and Entertainment
- Rady Children’s Health
- Well Connected Brands
- Word & Brown
- Vibe Marketing Agenci
Bronze Sponsors
- Advance Beauty College
- AltaMed
- Association of California Cities-Orange County
- Bank of America
- Behr Paint
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County & the Inland Empire
- City of Anaheim
- Cotality
- Crown Ace Hardware
- dtn.tech
- EICI | Mike Seok
- Falcone Consulting
- Girls, Inc. of Orange County
- Terry Goldfarb
- Leadership Scholars Alumni
- Lendistry
- Neutralize AI
- Norooz Clinic Foundation
- Orange County Business Council
- Organizational Leadership Alumni
- Peninsula Urgent Care
- Quantum eMotion America
- Quentin Meats
- Rocket Launch Marketing & PR
- Ronald McDonald House of Orange County
- Scharrell Jackson, STJ Consulting
- Sharpen CX
- South County Outreach
- Velocity Vehicle Group
- The Wooden Floor
- Transtech
- UCI Health
- United Way of Orange County