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A Simple Question.
A Clear Answer.
Dave Kinskey still remembers the question his teammate asked him on the sidelines of a Sheridan High School football practice.
“Where are you going to go when you graduate?”
To his buddy, it was a foregone conclusion that he and Dave would need to find work outside of their hometown.
“There are no jobs here. You’ve got to leave” he said.
All these years later, that conversation has stuck with Dave.
For too long, our children have been our communities’ main export, forced to chase careers in Colorado or California.
It doesn’t have to be that way, and it doesn’t take magic to create good-paying jobs and build affordable homes here in our neck of the woods.
Dave Kinskey has some answers and is on a journey to find more solutions.
He wants to ensure Wyoming’s next generation can stay home.
Meet Dave Kinskey
In 1975, after graduating from Sheridan High School, David and Donna got married and loaded everything they owned into a used Chevy Vega, setting off on the grand adventure
of building a life together. David earned a degree from
Harvard and a law degree from the University of Wyoming. Donna graduated from the University of Wyoming with Honors.
Over the decades, they learned you don’t need ivy-colored
walls or gold-plated diplomas to survive three kids, five mortgages, and hundreds of swim meets, recitals, soccer games, band practices, taekwondo meets, and high school plays.
Their lives took them from Wyoming to the East Coast, back to Wyoming, to the West Coast, and finally back to Wyoming to stay. Their professional paths have covered law, business ownership, finance, and real estate, alongside a deep commitment to community and public service. David’s career in public service included a decade as the Mayor of Sheridan (2005–2014) and serving as a State Senator (2014–2024).
In hindsight, David and Donna reflect that their journey seems easier than it was. Through significant ups and downs and moments of real uncertainty, they made it through with faith, each other, and plenty of Wyoming resilience.
These days, they aren’t entirely sure if they are retired or simply between opportunities. Donna continues to manage the checkbook and keeps David grounded, while they both stay busy volunteering, as well as taking dance and piano lessons together. Progress seems slow at times, but they enjoy the teamwork it takes to do well and laugh when practices fall apart.
Grateful for their health and the ability to travel, they have ventured across North America and overseas, with much of their travel dedicated to visiting their three children and four grandchildren.
In many ways, they feel as though they are on their third or fourth marriage to the same person, as they have each grown over their 50 years together. David and Donna have come a long way since that used Chevy Vega, but they remain on the road trip of life, riding shotgun together — laughing, debating over directions, and remaining grateful for each day as a gift from God.
Every family in our community deserves the opportunity to put down roots here and build a future for their children and grandchildren.
