Roscoe C. Wilson, Jr.

Roscoe Wilson is the Vice President of Program Development and Marketing for Associated Marine Institutes (AMI). AMI is a non-profit organization founded in 1967 to help delinquent youth by providing alternative education and behavior modification treatment services through marine and wilderness components. More than 30,000 teenagers have attended the AMI Programs. The company contracts with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Justice Agencies in Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia, Louisiana, Florida and the Cayman Islands. Wilson has served AMI since 1988 in a variety of capacities. He currently supervises the growth and implementation new programs ranging from young offenders, programs specifically for females and serious violent offenders. He serves as AMI's legislative/governmental liaison

Wilson has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Physical Education from Benedict College. He is a former College All-American basketball player. He played professional basketball in Europe from 1974-1984, where he also started his graduate study in Global Human Behavior and Scandinavian Linguistics at the University of Stockholm. Upon his retirement from European professional basketball, he coached at the college-level for four years before becoming employed at the Associated Marine Institute.