About the Founders

Built by a strategist and an educator. For school leaders.

Schoolhouse HQ exists because we believe school leaders deserve the same caliber of strategic planning tools that large corporations rely on every day.

Mike Walker

Co-Founder & Chief Analytics Officer

Mike spent 25 years in corporate strategy and financial planning, working with organizations like Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Slalom Consulting, and The Home Depot. He built Schoolhouse HQ because he saw an industry full of smart leaders making high-stakes decisions without the benchmarking data that every other sector takes for granted. The analytical engine behind Schoolhouse HQ — market modeling, tuition intelligence, financial health scoring — is Mike's design, built on the same FP&A rigor he brought to billion-dollar corporate strategy.

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Ashley Walker

Co-Founder & Chief Education Officer

Ashley has served as a Head of School and held leadership roles across independent school operations for over 20 years. She comes from a family of school founders and understands firsthand the challenges school leaders navigate — from enrollment strategy and board governance to the daily weight of running a mission-driven organization on thin margins. Ashley ensures that every Schoolhouse HQ assessment answers the questions school leaders are actually asking, not just the ones that are easy to quantify.

A shared starting point

We graduated from the same independent school. That shared experience — and a conviction that school leaders deserve the same quality of strategic tools that every other sector takes for granted — is what brought Schoolhouse HQ to life.

Mike builds the engine. Market models, financial benchmarks, tuition intelligence — rigorous analytics built on the same FP&A discipline he brought to billion-dollar corporate strategy.
Ashley keeps it grounded. Every recommendation maps to the actual decisions school leaders face — budget cycles, board dynamics, enrollment season timing, and the realities of running a mission-driven organization.

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