Senior Safety Engineer, Research and Standards, Cal/OSHA

Dr. Mike Wilson is a senior safety engineer with the Cal/OSHA Research and Standards Health Unit. He is a certified industrial hygienist and holds a PhD and Master of Public Health in environmental health sciences from UC Berkeley. He previously served as national director for occupational and environmental health at the BlueGreen Alliance, and as chief scientist in the Office of the Director, California Department of Industrial Relations. Before returning to graduate school, Dr. Wilson worked for 13 years as a firefighter, paramedic and EMT with the City of Salinas and County of Santa Cruz, where he was president of IAFF Local 1270 and field representative with SEIU Local 250. He served with FEMA Task Force 4, based at the Oakland Fire Department, and as a rescue crewman and coxswain with Station Monterey, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.