Dwaine and his wife Mary Jo have been residents of Rio Verde since 2014. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Minnesota. Dwaine retired from the Procter & Gamble Company (corporate and plant engineering) after 37 years of service.

They have two married children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Dwaine is vice president of the church council for Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Fountain Hills and holds other volunteer positions there.

Since moving to Rio Verde, Dwaine has been involved in numerous community roles, including Reigning Grace Ranch volunteer, Rio Verde HOA board member, treasurer of the tennis committee, summer water volleyball program, founder of the Chess Club, HOA finance committee, HOA construction projects for bocce ball and pickleball courts and Firewise volunteer for Rio Verde and Tonto Verde.

Dwaine also is a cleanup volunteer along McDowell Mountain Road, organizes summer activities for the Rio Verde community and, never one to sit still, he is a regular participant in duplicate bridge, cribbage, ping pong, biking, hiking and travel teams for tennis and pickleball.