Board President

Joined ARC Board - June 2005

Wayne has served on ARC's Board of Trustees the longest, with the exception of Betty Hughes, our Treasurer. A chance encounter with the shelter at an off-site adoption event led to his joining ARC as a volunteer, and then as a Board member a year or so later. Wayne has served as a Trustee, Vice President, Executive Director and, most recently, Board President.

During his time as Executive Director, he made it his mission to overhaul ARC's medical clinic and protocols (with the help of his veterinarian wife and Board Trustee, Laura), animal intake procedures, canine program, foster program and ARC's appearance in general. With the expert guidance of Board Treasurer Betty Hughes, Wayne has spent the last few years focusing on developing relationships with major donors. This has so far culminated in the remodeling of two buildings, the construction of ARC's Brighter Beginnings Adoption Center, and most recently, ARC’s phenomenal Sharon Bodenhafer Critter Clinic - a state-of-the-art medical clinic to treat ARC’s residents.

In the last 5 years or so, Wayne has traveled thousands of miles to bring back former ARC residents that have been abandoned by their former adopters. If there's a road trip involved to save one of our animals, he is usually the first to volunteer. Wayne has also coordinated most of the organization's mass intakes. These have involved hundreds of animals taken from many shelters throughout the eastern part of the country during times of national weather emergencies or cases of severe poverty.

Wayne produces all of ARC's digital video media, handles all software and video media for ARC's Starlight Auction, is the chair for ARC's Annual Casino Royale fundraiser, Co-Chair for the annual Starlight Auction, and manages the shelter's web site (with a great deal of help from a former Board member).

Outside of the shelter, Wayne works as a Product Manager for the Veterinary Systems division of medical device company, Arthrex.. In this role he contributes to the design and production of new orthopedic implants for cats, dogs and horses. He also works as a freelance photographer and videographer, and owns a scuba diving instruction company named after he and his wife’s border collie, Blue. He lives in Estero, FL with his best friend, wife and fellow Board member, Dr. Laura Braun. They "lease" space in their home from their three rescue dogs; Blue, Bunker and Dawson.