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Mike Wilson, Senior Program DirectorMike joined the Northern Forest Center in 1997, and served as principal researcher and author of the Northern Forest Wealth Index: Exploring a Deeper Meaning of Wealth.Most recently he has led development of the Center's National Endowment for the Humainties-funded mobile museum, Ways of the Woods: People and the Land in the Northern Forest.Over the past ten years Mike has organized five Northern Forest conferences and led development of several publications including Cultural Connections: Organizations Working with Culture & Heritage in the Northern Forest; What's in a Name: Exploring the Stories of the Baskahegan Landscape; and HandMade in the Northern Forest: A guide to fine art and craft traditions in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York.Before joining the Center, Mike worked as a grassroots organizer for the Northern Forest Alliance and the Maine People's Alliance.He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from James Madison University and a master's in Resource Management and Administration from Antioch New England Graduate School.He was awarded a Switzer Environmental Fellowship in 1998, and a Switzer Leadership Award in 2000.In 2006, Mike finally earned his commercial drivers license allowing him to be behind the wheel when Ways of the Woods is on the road. > Email address protected by JavaScript.