Dr. Wenker is an associate professor at the UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and serves as the Director of the UW Madison Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, her Masters degree, and Doctor of Philosophy degree in Continuing and Vocational Education and the Department of Education, Leadership, and Policy Analysis, respectively, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Practice. Currently, Dr. Wenker is the Director of the Excellence in Education Certificate for the Academy of Education. She sits on multiple education and professional development committees for the UW Madison \ Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CIPE) and is the PI for the UW CIPE Healthy Aging Initiative BOLD grant. Dr. Wenker's interests lie in program development and evaluation evident by her involvement in both state and national education programming along with being an instructor for the APTA Credentialing Clinical Instructor Program. In 2020 Dr. Wenker received two awards through the Academy of Geriatrics, the Joan M Mills Award, the highest award in the Academy, and the Distinguished Educator Award. She was a recipient of the SMPH Dean's Teaching Award in 2021.