Our Trustees

“I am honored to serve on the Board of Trustees to continue initiating positive impacts on the growth of young people and celebrate connections with Oak Hills Alumni. Oak Hills provided a long extremely rewarding teaching journey, for which I am ever grateful. OHAEF efforts consistently present exciting opportunities to help students and staff implement innovative and diverse projects as catalysts for a remarkable future. Through a genuine sense of family and concerted effort OHAEF celebrates success of students/staff/alumni with diligent involvement of all community stakeholders in the vision of the district.”

Mr. Welsh currently is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Education at Mount Saint Joseph University and is University Supervisor for Music Teaching Practicum and Student Teaching. He has also focused on Psychology, Educational Philosophy and Ethics, with recent endorsements in the Science of Reading.  His career spans nearly 50 years of Music Education, Band Clinician, Adjudicator and Guest Conductor. Professional associations are numerous, including Curriculum Development with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. He previously served as a Trustee of OHAEF from 2017-2019. A 1970 graduate of Taylor High School, in 2022 Mr. Welsh was inducted into the Three Rivers Local School District Acclaim Foundation Hall of Fame for lifetime contributions to the arts. In 2025 Mr. Welsh was awarded Distinguished Staff designation by the Oak Hills Alumni and Educational Foundation.