Wendy spent over a decade with the Open Society Foundations and Policy Center in Washington. There she designed and led advocacy initiatives on issues at the intersection of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including human and civil rights, refugee protection, and transparent and accountable governance.  She co-created multi-stakeholder advocacy campaigns, built and led coalitions for legislative and policy reform, and supported grantees working in these areas.

She also served as the OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues, as Director of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council, and held senior roles at Human Rights Watch, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, and the U.S. Department of Justice, where she developed and coordinated efforts to address violence against women and human trafficking.  Earlier in her career, she was a legal aid lawyer representing immigrant and refugee women and children in gender-based violence matters.

Wendy is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.  She has taught women’s human rights at Georgetown University.  She currently serves on the board of a global non-profit organization and mentors first-generation college students.