Wendy Walker Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Peregrine Works provides high-impact project design, execution, and support for select clients.Past project:Research and writing for Gates Foundation Visitor Center exhibits that inspire visitors through individual stories of making a difference. 2016-2017Produced programs to bring adult audiences to the Gates Foundation Visitor Center for special events..

Seattle, WA

I curate volunteer opportunities for a dynamic, dedicated core and welcome new volunteers. I may also be found out in the community, probably with binoculars.

Greater Seattle Area

• Community Relations:
• Co-created and launched a community engagement program for 1000+ employees of the foundation in Seattle, Washington, D.C., and London.
• Led program of annual participation in employee volunteer opportunities, including the United Way Day of Caring and Seattle Works Day, and created a Day of Service with Washington public charter schools.Media Relations:
• Worked with local, national, and international journalists to coordinate interviews, photo, or video shoots with foundation staff.
• Fielded and directed high volume of incoming email and phone media inquiries.
• Drafted, edited, and posted press releases and foundation blogs for events and grant announcements.

Greater Seattle Area

• Created and implemented a traffic management system for new team projects, including analysis of existing methods, revised requirements gathering, and staffing assignment process.
• Project Manager for select foundation-hosted convenings, which created learning and collaboration opportunities for leading media and digital media experts from national and international non-profits.
• Created new tracking and reporting for team budget for public relations agency contracts.
• Collaborated with agency client managers to co-create an improved client/agency relationship model, project initiation process, and streamlined billing.
• Media relations and communications support for multiple program teams, including Global Libraries, HIV/AIDS, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene.

• Managed daily schedules, long-range planning, travel arrangements, and team process for director-level executives.
• Led a cross-team assistants group to ensure communication flow and team process improvements.
• Led new employee onboarding plans for senior team leaders.
• Facilitated successful plan and execution of the inaugural TEDxChange event (New York, 2010), including negotiation and management of vendor contracts, design and curation of an on-site photo exhibit, and live event.
• Collaborated with Contracts and Finance teams to streamline team contracts and invoicing processes, resulting in multiple peer and management awards for improved systems (2010, 2011, 2012).
• Managed project intake for creative team, working with internal clients to define needs, timelines, and resources, and set project expectations to ensure successful delivery.

First National tour of a Broadway musical, The Light in the Piazza. Toured 20+ major city venues.

Ensure smooth and successful live corporate special events by leading teams of multi-discipline production professionals through rehearsals and event sessions.

Bachelor'S Degree, Theatre/Theater

Activities and Societies: Environmental Organization, Intramural soccer, DJ at WJMD (college radio station)

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General