Early in his career, he was the first director of student activities at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania where he pioneered an extensive extra-curricular activities program. This program included varsity athletics as well as the construction planning of a new campus center. Wayne was one of the few academically trained “re-creators” employed in the U.S. Department of Interior’s former Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and was the first professional recreation specialist hired by the Washington D.C. Department of Corrections. His final career assignment was director of the Recreation and Community Support program at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia until his retirement from federal service in January 1995. In addition to his civilian career, Wayne served five years enlisted and twenty-eight years commissioned in the U.S. Army Reserve. He now holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, USA, Retired.

Academically, Wayne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in community recreation from Michigan State University and a graduate level diploma from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Local and State Government. He also graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and completed extensive graduate studies at the Pennsylvania State University and George Washington University.

Wayne's passionate interest for many years has been barbershop music and membership in the Barbershop Harmony Society. In May 1998, he founded and became charter president of the Virginia Peninsulas Chapter & Matine Idlers Chrous, the first “daytime” chapter of the society’s Mid-Atlantic district. This group meets during the day versus at night. For this effort, he was named top membership recruiter of the district in 1998 and 1999. He also received the society’s second place “Men of Note Award” for 1998 and the third place award for 1999. In 2001, he was one of two recipients of “The Earl Moon Scholarship Award” for attendance at the society Harmony College in St. Joe, Missouri.

Since moving to Florida in November 2001, Wayne became involved with a second start-up venture. In 2003, he founded and became charter president of the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Central Florida Chapter and the “Heart of Florida Barbershop Chorus”. The chapter, along with the chorus, now under the direction of Scott Werner, also a founder of the organization, has grown to 150 members. In four brief years, the chorus has earned the reputation as a quality singing group throughout Florida.

Wayne also received the coveted award of "Barbershopper of the Year" (BOTY) for 1999 and 2004 from two different Society Chapters. Additionally, he has been serving on the Sunhine district's Youth in Harmony Program Committee for the past few years."