Mike Wassenaar

Mike Wassenaar is the President and CEO of the Alliance for Community Media and its Foundation. He advocates on behalf of community media operations before the FCC, Congress, and state legislatures, and supports the educational and professional development of community media operations across the United States.

Mike has worked in community media for thirty years in both television and radio and got his start in media working in youth radio. Prior to the Alliance, he served as Executive Director at SPNN in St Paul MN, where he built projects supporting digital literacy, youth development and media empowerment and diversity and community voice.

Mike currently works and lives in the Washington DC area.