Jim Rough, Co-founder and President
Jim is a business consultant, speaker, and principal instructor for the seminar Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council. He has been leading public seminars on Dynamic Facilitation for over 20 years, while facilitating for clients that include government agencies, corporation, and community-based organizations.

Jean Rough, Co-founder 
Jean founded Bergita House, a nonprofit organization facilitating children and was co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Wise Democracy. Sadly she died June 22, 2019. See her memorial page

John McNamara, Board Member
John is a business owner near Munich. He is a societal activist having organized seminars and speaking engagements on Dynamic Facilitation and the Wisdom Council Process. He is a founding member of  the Center of Excellence for Dynamic Facilitation based in Munich and an enthusiastic member of the Center for Wise Democracy.

DeAnna Martin, Co-founder, Treasurer
DeAnna joined Dynamic Facilitation Associates in 2005. She trains, consults, facilitates, and nurtures the Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Council communities of practice. She has a background in organization development, community organizing, and leadership development.

Dan Rough, Associate
Dan has been practicing and teaching Dynamic Facilitation since the 1990s. He facilitates meetings in corporate settings, and his approach to leadership incorporates the principles of Dynamic Facilitation. In 1994 he initiated the first Wisdom Council ever as a school project.

Don Miller PhD, Board Member
Don joined the Board of the Center for Wise Democracy in 2006. He is a retired professor, author, consultant, and facilitator in Dynamic Facilitation. He worked 10 years as an internal consultant with Xerox and IBM and 25 years at Virginia Commonwealth University in the School of Business.

Martin Rausch, Core Team Member
Martin Rausch has been pursuing a life-long passion for discovering conditions and leverage points that help us to create our collective destiny, rather than being at its mercy. As a workshop facilitator and NVC-Trainer he supports groups move toward their goals and as a producer he is working on the documentary THE BLINDSPOT (www.the-blindspot.com).

Kay Vogt, Board Member
 Kay Vogt is a family business advisor, dynamic facilitator and licensed psychologist. After serving as a manager for AT&T she went back to school to earn a doctorate degree with a focus on Community. An original board member of the Center for Wise Democracy, she has witnessed the unparalleled power of the Wisdom Council to empower ordinary citizens to take their rightful place in governance process.