D.J. Whetter

CEO | CiviCO

D.J. serves as the CEO for CiviCO. His aspiration is for more companies, organizations and communities to create healthy and productive cultures well positioned to make measurable progress on the challenges that limit growth, prosperity, and impact in the state of Colorado.

D.J. is also a master-level facilitator and member of the core teaching team for the Kansas Leadership Center. He uses the KLC Framework to help individuals and organizations tackle their most daunting challenges. In his career, he has taught and partnered on leadership development work across the country and world, including work in Washington D.C., Israel, India, Australia, the United Kingdom and beyond.

His background in broadcast journalism and sports reporting anchors his belief that curiosity, and a search for the story that no one else is telling, are keys to making progress on our toughest challenges.

D.J. graduated from the University of Kansas with degrees in political science and broadcast journalism. He spent 10 years in ministry with the ELCA Lutheran Church at Holy Cross in Overland Park. Before that, he anchored the 10 p.m. sportscast for 6-News Lawrence for five years. D.J. lives in Parker, Colorado with his wife, Lori, their daughter, Addison, and son Parker. Aside from a love of all sports Chicago and the Kansas Jayhawks, D.J. loves to travel, play famous golf courses really poorly, and coach his kids in baseball and softball.