David Wegener is a Director of the Lakeland Center at WCTC at Lakeland University. Colleagues describe him as "I reported directly to Dave for five years during my time as Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Mount Mary University. Dave was without a doubt the BEST mentor, teacher, supervisor, and friend of my career. Under his leadership, I learned how to effectively lead and empower a team, navigate excel and dashboards, and use data to make informed decisions. Aside from all I learned from Dave, I truly appreciated his passion for creativity, celebrating "wins" big and small, and balancing work and family life. Dave is incredibly passionate about his work, hardworking, intelligent, thoughtful, and kind. Any organization would be lucky to have Dave join their team!" and "I have had the honor and pleasure of working with Dave Wegener for the majority of my professional life. I have served alongside Dave in various roles throughout my twenty-four-year career in higher education. In the time I have known him, Dave has proved to be a trusted, creative, supportive, and loyal leader and colleague. Dave consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and management abilities while becoming a trusted colleague, mentor, and friend. He continually provided me with opportunities for growth and advancement, as well as the resources to ensure that I would be successful in my roles as both a director of undergraduate admissions and a director of graduate admissions. This support and servant leadership extended to my colleagues, the enrollment services division, and the university at large, and resulted in achieving record enrollments during Dave’s tenure. Dave successfully balances strategic vision and innovation with an attention to detail required for efficient daily operations. He is a deep thinker who asks important questions and invites others to contribute their feedback and expertise. Dave has a love of research and learning and is committed to blending both data and experience in making informed decisions. His technical literacies and ability to organize complex ideas and data into formats easily shared and processed by others is, quite simply, impressive. Dave embodies a passion and loyalty to his colleagues that is unparalleled. He values building strong community and is methodical, yet creative, in providing his teams opportunities to both play and work together in productive ways. I would be happy to provide more feedback and answer any questions about Dave and his qualifications!"