Michael King Bio

MICHAEL KING, Affiliate Coach Trainer
WAVE Training & Consulting LLC

Michael King is the Director and Creator of The Communities Project, a national initiative focusing on leadership investment for individuals looking to generate social change in their organizations, communities, and in their lives. He is also the  Managing Principal of Impact Leadership Training & Coaching, LLC. Michael spent over a decade in the political arena, working on Presidential, Gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and local campaigns, from county to state legislative efforts. He is a past Campaign Director, Field Director, and Communications Director for the Washington State Democratic Party, and the former Executive Director of the Washington State Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.

Throughout his career, Michael has worked to organize numerous constituencies, including organized labor, veterans and young people. He is a co-founder of a Washington state based not for profit organization aimed at empowering young people to become engaged in the political process, a past Director of Outreach & Engagement for Facing Addiction, and a former Public Policy Committee Co-Chair for Faces & Voices of Recovery. Michael is also a 2018 alumni of Just Leadership USA’s Leading with Conviction program, and a past member of their Train-the-Trainer cohort, working to further his own growth as a trainer, facilitator, and coach. A graduate of the Rockwood Leadership Institute’s Virtual Art of Leadership program, Michael has studied solution focused coaching, and currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Peer RecoveryCenter of Excellence.