Meet your 2025 Student Visionaries of the Year, LLS Staff!

Austin Mckain

Campaign Development Manager

Austin Mckain believes in the power of storytelling — stories that will not only engage, inform, surprise, delight, and impact their audience, but that will also deliver on measurable business goals. His specialties include sales, consulting, project management, organizational development, data visualization, and fundraising 

 

Austin holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Austin Peay State University and a Master's in Business Administration from Western Kentucky University. He has served professionally and voluntarily with non-profit such as the Children’s Miracle Network, the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, the Salvation Army, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Miss American Organization, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and the Boy Scouts of America. He currently serves as the President for his Fraternity's alumni and volunteer corporation, where he focuses on developing a robust living learning community for college-age men.

 

Austin is celebrating 3 years of marriage with his wife Erin Leigh, 4 years of journaling, and his recent completion of the Appalachian Trail. His passions include mentoring, public speaking, public radio, personal fitness, graphic design, hiking, fantasy football, and Pokémon card collecting.

David Wettroth

Campaign Development Specialist


David Wettroth is a St. Louis native and for those ready to ask, he attended Lutheran High School South. He graduated from The University of Missouri - Columbia in 2016 with his B.A. in Film Studies. After college, he began work in Radio Broadcasting, starting as the Promotions Director for Cumulus Media in Columbia. He later relocated to Oshkosh, WI to assume the role of the Marketing & Promotions Manager for the North Eastern market of Cumulus Media. Returning to St. Louis in 2020, he briefly worked in the Casino industry as an Assistant Marketing Manager, before the pandemic took place. David started with LLS in October of 2021 working with the Light The Night campaign, later coming on-board to work with the SVOY and Visionaries of the Year campaigns! 

 

Outside of work, you can most likely find David playing video games or at a concert. He is a lover of music festivals, concerts, travelling, and his two cats.