On September 19, 2015, the Nominating Committee will be interviewing the following candidates:
The 2015 Nominating Committee met on September 19 to interview the candidates for President-elect and Vice President of CSBA. Following deliberations, the Committee nominated Mike Walsh (CSBA Director-at-Large, County) as candidate for Vice President and did not nominate any candidate for President-elect.
As provided for in CSBA’s Standing Rules, individuals interested in being nominated from the floor of the Delegate Assembly must submit, in writing, their intention to run for President-elect or Vice President by Sunday, November 1, 2015. Nominations for President-elect and other nominations for Vice President must be submitted to CSBA’s President and the Chair of the Nominating Committee. You may contact the chair of the Nominating Committee, Carol Mills by email here and CSBA President, Jesus Holguin here.
—Carol Mills, Chair 2015 Nominating Committee, Region 10, Fresno USD,
On behalf of the Nominating Committee members:
Craig DeLuz, Region 6, Robla ESD
Jack Garvin, Region 11, Santa Maria Joint Union HSD
Anjali Kausar, Region 20, Cupertino Union SD
Christina Lucero, Region 23, Baldwin Park USD
Alisa MacAvoy, Region 5, Redwood City ESD
Janet Mulder, Region 17, Jamul-Dulzura Union ESD
Bill Newberry, Region 18, Corona-Norco USD
George Wylie, Region 9, San Lorenzo Valley USD
Candidate for Vice President
Mike Walsh – Vice President
In 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech to a Stanford University audience. I was three years old at that time. In that speech he described two separate and different Americas. One America was filled with prosperity and opportunity, freedom and human dignity, and culture and education for the mind. In the other America he described a system that turns hope into despair, and leaves millions perishing on an island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of prosperity. As I listened to that speech I realized that in my lifetime not much has changed. That to me is a tragedy.
We have an opportunity to begin to rewrite history. We have an opportunity rewrite the narrative that MLK spoke of so many decades ago. I believe that we are the right organization at the right time and with the right people to finally make those changes happen. I believe we’ve been granted a gift from the legislature. They have given us the power to create changes at a local level that will meet the needs of all students.
We are no longer struggling with the question of, “Who has a right to an education”? We have decided that is the right of the ready, the reluctant, and the resistant. That is the essence of my commitment. It is my desire to continue to be a voice for this association to realize that vision for all of the students we serve.
2015 Nominating Committee Criteria for Candidate Selection
In February, the Nominating Committee met and decided to use the following criteria during the nomination process to evaluate potential candidates:
- Have strong leadership skills, including ability to collaborate, communicate clearly, motivate and inspire.
- Ability to think globally and act strategically.
- Be able to devote the necessary time and attention to serve as a CSBA officer.
- Clearly understand and be an articulate advocate of CSBA’s role, vision, mission, and governance structure.
- Have the experience, knowledge and conviction to lead CSBA and represent the Association with integrity.
- Familiarity with budget/finance and accountability issues on a statewide basis
- Must be sensitive and understanding of the impact the legislature has on public education and understands the power, influence and responsibility of local school board members
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