Michael Rogowski Biography

Michael Rogowski has spent the past two decades of his professional life in government/politics, including serving as the Chief of Staff to a Governor of the State of Wisconsin. For the past seven years Mike has headed up the Government Affairs practice group as a shareholder at a major Wisconsin law firm, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek. He also served in former Governor Thompson's administration in two state agencies, the Departments of Corrections and Financial Institutions.  Mike began his government/political career as the in-house counsel for the Republican State Senators, including clerking the legislative leadership committee responsible for scheduling bills, and as special counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Healthcare Reform.  In the midst of this, Mike spent a year with Focus on the Family in their Cultural and Legislative Affairs group. 

Although his career path would suggest a strong interest in politics, Mike’s involvement in Care Net is for the exact opposite reason.  Mike’s appreciation for Care Net is rooted in the fact that it is a nonpolitical organization with no agenda other than to offer compassionate and nonjudgmental care to mothers, their babies, and fathers without regard to one's ideology, beliefs, or political affiliation. 

Mike and his wife, Gail, have three children, Jonathan, Kaitlyn and David. Mike coaches the boys in various sports and thoroughly enjoys his daughter's love for animals, including their golden retriever, Lacy, and two cats, Tyler and Sox.

The Rogowski family is blessed to have a second home in Minocqua where they love to retreat with family and friends for relaxation and fun snowmobiling and boating and just creating memories to cherish for years to come.