Board Memberships: He presently serves or has served on several national organizations:
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Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Dept. of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). 2010-2014
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The national Board of Directors of the American Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) 2009-2011
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The Chair of the Commission on Innovation Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP) of APLU 2009-2011.
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The National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (advising the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security) 2010-2011
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National Academy of Science/National Research Council Committee on Undergraduate Education Research and Implementation 2010-2012
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The national Board of Directors of the Alliance for Research in Science and Technology for America (ASTRA)
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the National Leadership Council of the Association of American Colleges and Universities program on Liberal Education and America's Promise.
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chairs the Sloan/NASULGC Online Task Force for the Nat. Assn. of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
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ECS- The Education Commission of the States -2004-2014
Dr. Wilson also serves or has served on several regional boards including:
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Co-Chair (with Presidents Drew Faust, Harvard; Susan Hockfield, MIT, and Henri Termeer, Genzyme) of the Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative of Business and Universities.
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Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Life Science Center charged with dispersing an anticipated $ 1 Billion in investments in the Life Science Sector. (Five member Board Chaired by the Secretary of Economic Development.) from 2005-2011
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Member of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center board, Chaired by the Secretary of Energy and the Environment, from 2009-2011.
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the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC),
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the Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR),
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the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
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the Massachusetts Defense Technology Initiative (MassDTI),
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the New England Council.
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The Advanced Cyber Security Center Board
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UMass Memorial Medical Center. UMass Memorial Health Care system with five hospitals serving most of central Massachusetts.
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Governing Board of the Innovation Institute of the Mass Tech Collaborative and Chairs the Investment Advisory Committee, which is charged with advising on the distribution of $50 million of capital funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to joint academic industry high technology projects to enhance the formation of economic development clusters.
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Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC) board. -Industry Academic Collaboration on cyber security.
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Innovation Partnership Network - Studying the characteristics of successful industry-academic-government partnerships under the auspices of MassInsight.
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River Hawk New Venture Investment Advisory Board- Chair 2014-present -early stage investments in technology spin-offs related to UMass Lowell and the Mass Medical Device Development Center
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Privo Technologies -Advisory Board -Entrepreneurial venture on nano-engineered drug delivery.
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Chair of the Department of Education's FIPSE National Advisory Board -Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education 2010-2014
UMass Medical School Tribute 2011
Jack Wilson on Entrepreneurship in Mass High Tech Magazine
NECN: On the Times of London Rankings short teaser
NECN: On the Times of London and UMass Reputation
NECN: UMass Law
"On Stewardship" at the 2010 UMass Lowell Commencement
Boston Venture Center Opening with Keith Motley
NECN: Globe Reports: "I have accomplished what I set out to do."
NECN: UMass and Its Role in the Economy
NECN: Public Universities and the Recession, Edward M Kennedy Institute
NECN: Stimulus Funding Allows Fee Rebate
"Getting Into and Paying for College" hosted by WBZ
"What is Stem Education" at UMass Lowell
Edward M Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Groundbreaking
Topping Off the Albert Sherman Center at UMass Medical School
The University of Massachusetts: Truly World Class