Wayne, a former combat Marine, spent many years in the IT business world before a major career
change into outdoor, experiential education and then eventually into federal land management.
He spent several years as assistant director of Outdoor Programs at Dartmouth College. He was also an instructor for Outward Bound Boston Harbor. During this time Wayne also worked with National Park Service Director Bob Stanton to understand and remedy the lack of ethnic and cultural diversity in outdoor recreation and careers.
From there Wayne became a career backcountry ranger in the west for the National Park Service where he patrolled the mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado and the canyons of Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah, and later for the Bureau of Land Management where he patrolled the Colorado River in western Colorado.
Wayne retired from federal land management in 2013, but continues to help manage wildland fires. He was on the board of High Country News for 12 years. In 2020 he co-founded a nonprofit,
https://www.thecivilconversationsproject.org, where he and others, through writing, filming,
podcasting, and guided discussions, attempts to change the false narrative that America tells itself about race.
In his limited spare time, Wayne enjoys road and mountain biking, ice climbing, hiking, canyoneering, exploring southern Utah and the Arizona strip, good food and any cocktail.
Wayne lives in western Colorado with his wife and three dogs.