Michael Wimbish

Michael Wimbish has served as Aspire’s Chief Financial Officer since 2021. In this role, Michael leads Finance, Accounting/AP, Payroll, Financial Compliance, and Real Estate for Aspire’s 36 schools, which serve over 15,500 scholars in grades TK-12 across the State of California.

Michael previously served as the Director of Finance at Aspire for 2.5 years, leading and developing Aspire’s Finance team and managing budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes across Aspire. Before joining Aspire Public Schools, Michael spent 8 years at Intel Corporation and 4 years at The Clorox Corporation in various Finance roles. One of his passions is working with young people as a basketball coach. The opportunity to combine his passions for finance and serving young people inspired him to join the Aspire team. Michael is a proud alumni of the University of Southern California, where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Corporate Finance. In 2024, Michael completed the FOX Fellowship for charter management CFOs and COOs.

Outside work, Michael enjoys spending time with his wife Jesslynn, their five daughters:  Kailynn, Jordynn, Kendall, Mikayla, and Makenzie, and one son, Dominick.