Wendy Cook is an expert at weaving real life stories and research data together to develop and execute evidence-based public programs that disrupt systemic barriers through community led civic engagement. As a humanitarian, Wendy works fiercely to improve the quality of life of historically marginalized populations through inclusive conversations and actions aimed at knocking down social and economic inequities. As a respected executive project and public program director, Wendy has extensive experience leading operations, projects, and staff in private and nonprofit organizations. Wendy has a proven track record in guiding sizable, interdisciplinary teams in the development, redesign, and launching of leading-edge business solutions driving an increase in efficiencies, stakeholder engagement, and client experiences. In addition, Wendy is an expert facilitator, evidence-based program administrator, and people-centered business leader; able to synthesize information and data from multiple organizational resources to build team oriented and results driven programs. Wendy has worked with individuals, grassroots organizations, behavioral health facilities, nonprofits, and corporations in 5 countries as a public program director, mindfulness consultant, inclusion agent, conflict communication specialist, educator, and corporate executive. In every endeavor, Wendy strives to increase the participants’ active listening skills to create clarity, increase trust to create productive collaboration within teams, and improve outcomes for organizations within the public and private sectors.As a global leader and humanitarian, Wendy has taught evidence-based mindful practices to increase intrapersonal and interpersonal communication skills for 20+ years. As a mindfulness professional, her experience includes the development of evidence-based mindfulness programs for corporate leadership, human resources, addiction, adult psychiatry, adolescent sex trafficking, and outpatient for the military. Through her educational experiences at the Clinton School of Public Service Wendy has developed two evidence-based mindfulness programs for educational institutions with a focus on elementary students and schoolteachers.Wendy is a seasoned senior-level corporate project director with over a decade of finance and regulatory experience in telecommunications within a matrix reporting structure to the CFO and Chief Legal Counsel.