John Wilcox is Corporate Voices’ Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for driving the implementation of Corporate Voices’ strategic initiatives and growth opportunities. As COO, John is responsible for Corporate Voices’ internal operations, including project and program management, financial oversight and reporting, staff management and development, as well as information technology, legal and administrative issues.
John also manages Corporate Voices’ family economic security work, which focuses on engaging the business sector on issues affecting low-wage working families. Recent examples of this work include original research on workplace flexibility for low-wage, hourly workers; an annual Earned Income Tax Credit Employer Guide that encourages employers to act as intermediaries between their low-wage workers and a range of state and federal social support services; and a workplace lactation toolkit designed to help employers give their low-wage, hourly employees positive choices about infant health and nutrition.
John has worked in the nonprofit sector for the majority of his career, most recently as General Counsel to the Center for Policy Alternatives, a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) focused on public policy and leadership in the fifty states. He holds a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. from Dickinson College.