About me
Mike Walsh is the co-founder and CEO of Beacon Results, an organizational growth and change management firm founded in 2005 that works primarily with school districts and nonprofits to help them develop and align their strategic plans. He has both a B.A. and M.A. degree in Organizational Management and Organizational Leadership, from Ashford University.
A veteran trustee of the Butte County Office of Education for more than 14 years, Mike has expanded his work in educational leadership further. In 2018 he served as the President of California School Boards Association (CSBA), a group representing nearly 1,000 California school districts and county offices of education. Walsh was elected in 2010 to CSBA’s Delegate Assembly and elected to the organization’s Board of Directors in 2011. During his time at CSBA, Walsh ably served on numerous committees, including chairing the Legislative Committee and on the Executive Committee. In January 2020 he was appointed to serve as an Advisory Commissioner on Charter Schools (ACCS) to the California State Board of Education, for which he is currently the Chair.
In the past, Walsh has served as a Leadership Facilitator for several student-based organizations including Breaking Down the Walls (Ignite2Unite); the California Association of Student Councils; Rotary #5150 Rotary Youth Leadership (RYLA) annual program; and the National Student Leadership Conference at the University of California, Berkeley, a yearly Career Exploration Camp for students considering careers in medicine, engineering, and communications.
He also served as Interim Executive Director of the Oroville Economic Development Corporation and completed a three-year term as a member of the Butte Community College Foundation Board of Directors. In addition to his service to state school boards, Walsh has also served on major committees of the National School Boards Association and has written and published multiple articles focused on equity and improving outcomes for underserved student groups.
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