Creating Mental Health Standards – Dr Ferron Gray

Creating Mental Health Standards – Dr Ferron Gray

From Accessible Disruption - Strategy Table Pathways by Tahira Endean, Ryan Hill, Anthony Vade

September 11, 2025 · 38 min · Season 2 · Episode 5

About this episode

Dr. Ferron Gray discusses the importance of developing mental health standards for the events industry.

Connect with Dr Ferron Gray today: Dr Ferron Gray Learn more about Dr Ferron Gray’s Work: Grae Matta Foundation This episode of Accessible Disruption features Dr. Ferron Gray, a highly specialized forensic psychologist and President of the Grae Matta Foundation. The non-profit organization helps businesses, institutions, and organizations develop mental health standards, policies, and campaigns that are specific to their industry. The foundation’s mission is to improve mental health in both the workplace and higher education. Dr. Gray was inspired to start the foundation after his goddaughter and her father both committed suicide following long waits for mental health services. He realized the core issue was a lack of sufficient policy, and sought to create industry-specific standards to ensure mental health services are fit for purpose. Dr. Gray is currently working to create a mental health standard for the events industry, which he notes is one of the most stressful in the world. He explains that event professionals, often seen as “dream makers,” face unique stress due to a lack of boundaries with clients, who may not respect their off-hours. He believes a cultural shift is…

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Ferron Gray

Topics covered

  • mental health
  • forensic psychology
  • event industry standards

Keywords

  • Grae Matta Foundation
  • mental health policies
  • workplace mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Creating Mental Health Standards, Accessible Disruption

More episodes of Accessible Disruption - Strategy Table Pathways

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Accessible Disruption - Strategy Table Pathways podcast page.