Board of Directors
Background
Wendy joined the Public Interest Network family of organizations in 1984 as a campus organizer with WashPIRG, the Washington Public Interest Research Group, in Washington state. The Public Interest Network is a family of more than a dozen organizations working for social change throughout the United States. As Political Director she manages external relations for the Public Interest Network and advises many of the network’s individual member organizations. She has directed numerous campaigns including ballot measure campaigns on issues including nuclear waste and toxic waste cleanup, campaign finance reform, and genetically engineered food. During the 2004 and 2008 election cycle, Wendy was actively involved in developing and launching the Student PIRGs’ New Voters Project and Progressive Future Education Fund’s Community Voters Project, which together resulted in more than 1,000,000 young, urban and minority voters registered. In 2008, she was a leader in Progressive Future’s program to elect Barack Obama through a 12 state, 64 office door-to-door voter contact program. Wendy currently serves on the boards of Green Corps and Green Century Funds, the nation's only family of socially-responsible mutual funds founded and owned by non-profit environmental organizations. She is also President of the Center for Public Interest Research and the Environment California Research and Policy Center.
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