Mike Walsh
Director, County Board Member Services (CBMS)
Mike Walsh is a veteran trustee of the Butte County Office of Education for more than 14 years and served as CSBA’s President in 2018. Walsh has served in the association’s Delegate Assembly since 2010, and was elected to CSBA’s Board of Directors in 2011. Walsh has also served on numerous CSBA 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.
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 bachelor’s and master’s degree in Organizational Management and Organizational Leadership from Ashford University.
Walsh has served as a leadership facilitator for several student-based organizations including Breaking Down the Walls (Ignite2Unite); the California Association of Student Councils; and the National Student Leadership Conference at the UC Berkeley.
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 written and published multiple articles focused on equity and improving outcomes for underserved student groups.