BOARD: DJ Wilson

DJ Wilson is the founder of DJ Wilson Consulting specializing in executive and life coaching, strategic communications, and leadership.

Wilson is a veteran media professional with four decades of media experience including nearly two decades in general management of publicly traded broadcast stations in multiple markets. Wilson was the president and general manager of the KGW Media Group in Portland, Oregon, a position she held from 2007 – 2018.

Wilson started in the industry holding various sales and sales management roles at KIRO TV (CBS) in Seattle. Wilson was also the VP assistant general manager/station manager at KING TV (NBC) in Seattle and the president and general manager of KREM TV (CBS) and KSKN TV (IND) in Spokane. Wilson has been a VP of Sales at FOX stations in Atlanta, Detroit, and Birmingham.

Wilson is a past board chair (2016-2017) of the Portland Business Alliance (the combined business economic development group and Chamber of Commerce in Portland). Wilson is also a past chair of the Oregon Association of Broadcasters, the Classic Wines Auction (a Wine Spectator top ten wine auction), and the Edward R. Murrow Professional Advisory Board at Washington State University (WSU), where she also served two terms on the Board of Governors for the University.

Wilson has served on the Board of Trustees for the Portland Art Museum, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, SMART (Start Making a Reader Today), Boys and Girls Clubs, and the Citizens Crime Commission. Wilson also served on the national TV Advertising Bureau Sales Advisory Board.

In 2012, Wilson was inducted into the Edward R. Murrow Hall of Achievement and was the recipient of the Portland Business Alliance “No Glass Ceiling” female leadership award. Wilson is also a past Portland Business Journal Women of Influence recipient. In 2017 DJ was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters and in 2018 DJ was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) being awarded their highest honor into the Silver Circle.

Wilson currently serves as a director for The Bates Group, a financial consulting firm based in Portland, serves on the National Board for Friends of the Children, with locations in 41 communities, and serves as the board chair of the Coachella Valley (California) chapter. Wilson is also a member of the Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield Community Board in Portland.

Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications at WSU and has completed several master’s level classes in Communication Leadership at Gonzaga University.

Wilson resides between her homes in Rancho Mirage, California, and Whitefish, Montana.