Senator Mike Wilson Contact information

Mike Wilson was born on December 4, 1951, in New Albany, Mississippi, near Tupelo, where Elvis Presley was from. At the age of 5, his father moved the family to Memphis, Tennessee after taking a job at a cotton seed mill. Mike grew up in Memphis but spent many wonderful summers on family farms in Mississippi.

In December of 1972, he joined the United States Marine Corps, serving his country for 8 ½ years. Upon his honorable discharge from the Marines in July of 1981, he attended college on the GI Bill. Mike received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration Management in May of 1986 from California State University at Fullerton.

During his college years, Mike served with Campus Crusade for Christ as a volunteer leader and Associate Staff Member for their Student Venture High School Ministry at Anaheim High School and Magnolia High School Campuses in Anaheim, California. He served as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Magnolia High School Football Team as well as the Team Chaplain.

Upon graduation from college, Mike worked for the largest personal lines insurance broker in Southern California. There as a Sales Agent, he was quickly promoted to Sales Manager and ultimately to Branch Manager for their Woodland Hills office in the San Fernando Valley. His leadership and management of over 45 employees within 5 departments helped turn an unprofitable office into one of the top earning branches in the company.

In December of 1989, Mike was invited to join the staff of Calvary Chapel of South Bay in Carson, California. Mike served this church of approximately 2000 adults as the Administrator and Executive Minister. There he managed a staff of 13 people and oversaw all ministries within the church. He was also responsible for a million-dollar annual budget and oversight of all financial expenditures and accounting.

While at the church, he helped establish a Community Crisis Hotline and a Volunteer Clergy Ride-Along Program under the Police Chaplain of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department at the Carson station. In September of 1993, Mike and his family packed up and moved across the country to Bowling Green, Kentucky. Here Mike helped establish a small church and worked with the local Christian Radio Station to start a community-wide event known as Harvest Festival.

In October of 1994, Mike began working for Bowling Green Community Broadcasting, Christian Family Radio, as the Promotions Director and Business Partnership Director. In September of 1997, He was selected by the Board of Directors to become the next General Manager of the radio station. Under Mike’s leadership, the station grew from one full-power radio station in Bowling Green to 3 full-power stations to include Owensboro and Glasgow, Kentucky as well.

Mike is currently employed by Davert USA Inc., which is a metal fabricator providing metal manufactured tooling and specialty items to the manufacturing industry and specifically automotive assembly plants like GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Kia, BMW, and many more.

Mike also serves as the Kentucky State Senator in the General Assembly for District 32 which includes all of Warren county and the city of Bowling Green. Formerly known as the Chairman of the Education Committee, Mike was elected by his fellow Senate GOP Caucus members to serve as a member of leadership as Senate Majority Whip.