School Board
Board Member Profile
Jim Cartmill
Board Vice President
Email: jim@jimcartmill.com
As a trustee for the Sweetwater Union High School District, Jim Cartmill brings over two decades of experience as a professional speaker, coach, educator and businessman.
Jim Cartmill owns Let's Talk Health, a multi-million dollar nutritional supplement distribution company with international and domestic headquarters based in Chula Vista, California. He currently serves as President & CEO.
He is serving his sixth term on the Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees. The Sweetwater District is the largest secondary school district in the nation serving 80,000 students and over 5,000 employees in our middle schools, high schools and adult schools with an annual budget of nearly $400 million dollars.
Prior to his election, Jim Cartmill coached the Bonita Vista girls tennis team, a group that included all-American and nationally ranked players, to an undefeated 87-0 league record.
He was also the "mental/motivation coach" for Rhoni Barton, 1997 National Overall Water Ski Champion.
He directed the Campus Life Youth Program at Bonita Vista that was recognized in 1991 as one of the largest youth leadership clubs in the nation.
His professional speaking career includes workshops and keynote presentations to over one million people at local, state, national and international conferences and events.
Jim has had the privilege of sharing the speaking platform with Former National League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky, 3-time Olympic gold medal winner Gail Devers and internationally recognized speaker and author, Dr. Denis Waitley. Jim is also published in a book entitled "Conversations on Success" with Stephen Covey, Dr. Denis Waitley, and Marjorie Blanchard.
During his service as a school board member, Jim Cartmill has worked to increase academic and physical fitness standards, developed a community service program, balanced over $1 billion in budgets and established educational partnerships in China, Europe and Mexico.
He and his wife Cindy are both Sweetwater District graduates, and he is a graduate of San Diego State University. They have a 13-year-old daughter, Blythe Marie, who is an 8th grade student at a Sweetwater District Middle School and a son Jason, who served three tours of duty in Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo as an Army medic.