Daniel Payette is the Executive Director of the Blackhawk Hills Regional Council. Daniel has been with the agency since 2011, previously serving as both outreach coordinator and planning manager. During that period, he supported the deployment of the nine-county iFiber network, updates to the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), and numerous community and regional planning projects. Daniel is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Urban and Regional Planning.