Mike Patterson serves as a member of the CTA Board of Directors for the California Teachers Association since July 2016 and has been a teacher at South Tahoe High School since September 1988. Educationally, Mike Patterson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Technology from California State University, Chico, completed in 1986, and a Student Teaching credential in Secondary Education from California State University-Sacramento, completed in 1988. Additionally, Mike Patterson obtained an Associate of Arts degree in Automotive Mechanics Technology from San Joaquin Delta College in 1982.