We train and educate teams, and we assist school boards to be all that they can be. Simple. For us, it’s all about streamlining research-based practices while utilizing adult learning theory and expertise to develop programs that will create dialogue and deliver quantifiable results.

We do it all at the cultural level to begin and finish with intense skill and motivation. Our processes work, and so can yours.

MIKE WALSH

Email:          mike@beaconresults.com

Twitter:      @MikeWalsh40
LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-walsh-594a4

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.

Since 2000, 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.

In addition to his work through Beacon, in 2018 he served as the President of the California School Boards Association, a group representing nearly 1,000 California school districts and county offices of education. A veteran trustee of the Butte County Office of Education for more than 10 years, 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 as Vice President, President-elect, President, and Immediate Past-President. In January 2020 he was appointed to serve as an Advisory Commissioner on Charter Schools to the California State Board of Education, for which he is currently the Chair.

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.