This year's 19th Annual "Spring into Well-Being" celebration will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023 on the Drollinger Family Stage at Loyola Marymount University. We will hold an amazing celebration, auctions and more. Join us as we honor the 2023 Community Builder: LAWA CEO Justin Erbacci. This year's goal is to raise over $350,000.

The "Spring into Well-Being" Celebration is the most important way for us to raise the funds necessary to continue our mission of providing low-cost mental health services and training new mental health professionals.  

During a special reception in November at the AC Hotel, AMCS CEO Eden Garcia-Balis announced that Erbacci will be honored as the clinic's 2023 Community Builder. Erbacci has been with LAWA since October 2016 and was appointed as CEO by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti in June 2020.

As CEO, he has oversight of Los Angeles International (LAX) and Van Nuys (VNY) general aviation airports and leads the team responsible for transforming LAX into a world-class airport. His responsibilities involve managing more than $14 billion in programs to revolutionize how guests access the airport, to modernize all of LAX’s terminals and to significantly improve operations: retail, food and beverage and the overall guest experience. He also oversees programs to bring innovation and sustainability to VNY, one of the nation’s busiest general aviation airports, and oversees the largest airport police force in the United States.

"Justin and the airport have been incredible partners to our community and to the clinic," said Garcia-Balis. "We are proud to recognize all that he has done for our area."

Garcia-Balis added that several major sponsors have already committed their support for the event, including the John and Nancy Edwards Family Foundation as a Diamond Sponsor; Jane St. John as a Ruby Sponsor; Julie Porter and Judy and Dan Dews as Gold Sponsors; Burns Engineering and Law Offices of Edgar Saenz as Silver Sponsors; and Crown Consulting and Linda Peterson and Gene White as a Bronze Sponsors!