Mike Walker is currently the Head of School at the San Francisco Day School. He spent the previous seventeen years as K-8 Head at Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mike has been an administrator, teacher, and coach at four independent schools, including the American School Foundation in Mexico City. Mike’s doctoral work focused on the neuroscience of learning and leading. He has presented at national, international, and state level conferences and has had articles published in the NAIS Independent School magazine and other journals.