Ray Wilson

Ray Wilson is an academically trained social observer—a sociologist—who had a fortuitous vantage point for observing the phenomena and people shaping American society from mid-twentieth century onward. Just young enough to miss the shooting in the Korean War, his path began in the cold war military, taking him through the segregated south and then active civilian involvement in the civil rights, great society, and civil unrest eras, made him a professional analyst and strategist in the "wars" on crime and on poverty, and in the consumer and quality revolutions. He was a manager in government, industry, private business, and non-profit sectors, personally involved with leaders and issues taking center-stage and making national headlines. Seriously academic, seriously professional, and seriously spiritual, Ray Wilson is also seriously funny, a talented comedy writer and winner of many stand-up comedy competitions. He is a competitive runner, often winning or placing high in his now-senior age category, explaining that "things get easier when the competition's dead." A self-proclaimed pontificator, Ray Wilson is available for speaking engagements on any of the above topical areas.