Wayne has been an active member of NFRBMEA, serving as membership secretary and NUTS & BOLTS co-editor from 1993 to 2008.
He has taught farm management for Riverland Community College, LeRoy since 1983 and LeRoy/Plainview since 2003, and for 4 years prior to that in Adams, MN.
Wayne is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He has the further distinction of being Deb Pike's husband. They live on the farm where Wayne grew up near Rochester, MN.
Wayne is a board member for the Elgin Rural Fire Truck Association, serving as their secretary-treasurer.His other interests include writing and vegetable gardening.