An Interview with Dave Wegge

By Tony Pichler

There he was—trapped! Dave Wegge was driving down to Brookfield in his SUV to join Devon Christianson and Randy Lawton in providing a workshop at the Wisconsin Non-profit Conference. Little did he know that I had an ulterior motive, not to mention a notebook and pen in hand. What was I seeking as the new Executive Director of Envision Greater Green Bay? The story of how Envision moved from the Bay Area Community Council and it focus on producing  community studies on various issues to the current focus of futuring and strategic foresight analysis. I was not disappointed. Dave provided the tale of transition.

In Dave’s words: “Devon Christenson was the President in 2016. We had one year Board Presidents back then and, of course, the organization was completely board led. Devon held a strategic planning session led by Lee Bouche at the KI Center. Four people who had been around since the beginning of the Bay Area Community Council were invited to participate.”

Over time, memory sometimes fades. For Dave, who has been involved in so many community initiatives, as well as his work at St. Norbert College, there has been a lot of water under the bridge of life. So, the names of those who participated in that initial session were a little foggy. However, Judy Crain, Dennis Rader and Dave himself definitely came to mind. The group was charged with visioning a future direction for the BACC. Continue reading here