Kevin Winge has spent much of his life leading nonprofit organizations, although he'd probably prefer we didn't define him by a title. He's more interested in people, ideas and what happens when we're willing to look beyond the obvious.

His perspective was shaped early. Kevin grew up a farm kid whose morning chores included collecting eggs from the chicken coop. He became the first person in his family to earn a college degree, and life eventually took him from Minnesota to New York, Cambridge, San Francisco, and Cape Town. No matter how far he's traveled, he says he's always only one memory away from where he came from.

Kevin is drawn to the stories we don't hear and to familiar stories that deserve to be seen through a different lens. He's interested in art, theater, books, faith, politics, community, and the complicated places where they intersect. He believes we've become a little too comfortable with the superficial and a little too good at surrounding ourselves with people who already see the world the way we do.

At The Porch, Kevin hopes to do what the artists he admires have always done for him: help us see the world just a little differently. His deep connection to the LGBTQ+ community comes from a lifetime of finding belonging within it and recognizing the extraordinary network of people, experiences, and connections it creates.

Pull up a chair with Kevin, and you're probably going to talk about the state of the world in all its complexity and beauty. And if the conversation goes on long enough, don't be surprised if Karen Carpenter somehow finds her way into it.