Our Company

Our Mission

MDRoffers Consulting LLC seeks to sustain and enhance urban and rural communities, in partnership with our clients and in consideration of fiscal realities.

Our Philosophy and Core Principles

Public Participation and Facilitation; Columbia County, WIWe have built our small, family-run company on the following principles:

  • All places—large and small, urban and rural—deserve creative and thorough planning support that combines skilled practice and the art of listening.
  • Understanding the complex legal, social, economic, environmental, political, and staffing context of a community is a prerequisite for effective community planning.
  • Intergovernmental and public-private partnerships enable efficient service delivery, collaboration on mutually beneficial projects, and avoidance of costly conflicts.
  • To be successful in a challenging economic climate, places must proactively consider their assets, understand their role in their region, and capture their opportunities.
  • Working collaboratively and brainstorming ideas in an open and transparent process are essential for building public support for and achieving solutions.
  • Community stakeholders deserve a role in forming the vision and policies that shape their communities, via professional design and facilitation of input opportunities.
  • Long-term, trusting professional relationships between consultant and client unlock solutions to community development challenges.

Our Personnel

We are a family-owned and operated company.  Mark Roffers, AICP and Dana Jensen Roffers, AICP are the sole owners and operators and Planner & Project Manager Nick Johnson rounds out our core team.  Mark has over 20 years of professional planning experience managing complex planning and plan implementation projects for Wisconsin and northern Illinois communities of all sizes and descriptions.  Dana has over 15 years of diverse professional planning and research experience throughout the upper Midwest.  Nick has 5 years of planning experience, with a focus on school district planning.  Together, we provide an expert team providing unmatched knowledge and experience within our core service areas.

We are pleased to seamlessly serve our client’s needs through partnerships with other professionals in complementary small businesses, particularly in the areas of GIS mapping and analysis, landscape architecture, redevelopment implementation, community marketing, and graphic support.

Our Commitment

Through MDRoffers Consulting LLC, we are committed to professional planning and plan implementation as our career and calling, and take special pride in helping Wisconsin and northern Illinois communities succeed in achieving the progressive future they envision.