Wendy’s career has been in teaching, beginning in the Boston Public Schools; later at The Potomac School in McLean, VA; in the Barrington Public Schools as “The Nature Lady”; and as director of education for Citizens for Conservation, a community conservation group in Barrington. She taught year-long bird classes in two New York City public schools for eight years through Audubon New York.
Wendy serves as Chair Emerita of Rare, an international conservation organization that trains local leaders to inspire conservation in communities around the world. In addition, she serves as educational associate of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; member of the National Council of the Student Conservation Association, The National Forum on Children & Nature, the American Bird Conservancy advisory council, BirdLife International/Audubon US Stewardship Council and The Field Museum’s ECCo (Environment, Conservation and Conservation) committee.
Wendy joined Openlands’ Board in 2012 and her knowledge of Openlands goes back to when she and Jerry Adelmann served on the Board of The Nature Conservancy in the 1980s. She is life trustee and former chairman of the Illinois chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), former chairman of the New York Chapter of TNC and former vice chairman of TNC’s international Board of Governors. She has presided over two community conservation organizations, authored a nature activity series for children, edited a conservation newsletter for ten years and has been a longtime participant in prairie and savanna restoration.
Wendy lives in Barrington. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College with a B.A. in English.