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Matt Wilson


Background

Matt Wilson has worked in politics since 1983. Most recently, he served as the National Field Director for Grassroots Campaigns Inc., a political consulting firm specializing in field operations and donor fundraising for progressive issues, candidates, and parties. During the 2004 presidential election, he coordinated get out the vote operations for MoveOn.org Political Action in New Hampshire and Maine. Matt served as the Director of Toxics Action Center from 1989 to 2005. At the Center, Matt worked with more than 200 neighborhood groups, helping them develop and implement campaigns to pressure polluters to address toxic pollution in their communities. While at Toxics Action Center, Matt helped develop the Community Organizing Program for Green Corps, which has trained over a dozen Green Corps trainees. Matt graduated from Dartmouth College and lives in Reading, Mass., with his wife and three children.


About Us

Green Corps was launched by U.S. PIRG in 1992. The mission of Green Corps is to train organizers, provide field support for today’s critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess the skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s environmental battles.