Wende is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Edge, Inc., an executive leadership coaching and consulting firm – dedicated to ensuring the retention and success of companies, and their most critical senior-level leaders. It is her mission to help leaders ascend to their highest potential, and she works collaboratively to find creative and custom solutions to their biggest business challenges.

Wende’s wholehearted belief in the value of leadership development extends to herself. She has an MBA from Golden Gate University, a Paralegal Certificate from Saint Mary’s College, has completed Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and Leadership, and is a Certified Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP Institute of California). She is in the process of completing the Leadership & Performance Coach Certification program at Brown University. In addition to serving as the Board Vice-President for Impact 100 East Bay, Wende serves as a Board Member for the Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation as well as the Golden Gate University Alumni Association Board of Directors. She is a mentor at WOMEN Unlimited, Inc.

“I believe that when women come together, they empower one another; and when they empower one another, they have the collective power to change the world.”