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About Wendy
About Wendy
I’ve spent my career looking at the work from different sides of the table.
I spent nearly two decades as a professional school counselor, working directly with students and families while navigating the everyday realities of educational systems.
Moving into higher education changed my vantage point. As a counselor educator and program leader, I began preparing future counselors, supporting practicing professionals, examining professional standards and ethics, and thinking more deeply about the systems that shape professional practice.
Over time, the table got bigger. Through professional leadership, professional learning, district partnerships, consulting, and expert witness work, I’ve had opportunities to work with professionals and organizations across the country on complex questions of practice, ethics, systems, and implementation.
Today, I bring all of those perspectives to the work. I’ve been the practitioner doing the work, the educator preparing others to do it, the leader helping shape the profession, and the consultant helping organizations figure out what comes next.
What I Bring to the work
What I Bring to the work
I believe the best professional work is both rigorous and human. Research matters. Standards matter. Data matter. And so do relationships, context, judgment, and the people who ultimately experience the systems we create.
I ask a lot of questions. I make complicated ideas understandable. And I help groups move from conversation to action. I don’t walk into an organization assuming I already know the answer. I listen first, look carefully at what is happening, and work with the people closest to the work to determine what makes sense in their context.
Whether I’m facilitating a room of several hundred professionals, working with a district leadership team, teaching future counselors, or analyzing professional practice in a legal matter, I bring the same commitments: clarity, integrity, practicality, and respect for the people doing the work.
Beyond the bio
Beyond the bio
I call New Orleans home, and I’m always happy to recommend a restaurant or give an impromptu tour, but I rarely turn down an excuse to travel. I’m curious by nature, happiest when I’m learning something new, and firmly believe some of the best conversations happen around a table.
Outside of work, you’ll find me traveling, spending time with family and friends, enjoying good food, and occasionally striking up conversations with statues in unfamiliar cities.
I take the work seriously. Myself, considerably less so.
WHAT MATTERS TO ME
WHAT MATTERS TO ME
Integrity over easy answers.
Professional standards matter most when situations become complicated.
Practicality over theory alone.
A good recommendation has to work in the real world.
Collaboration over prescription.
The people closest to the work bring essential expertise.
Curiosity over assumption.
Good questions often get us farther than quick answers.
People over systems.
Systems exist to serve people, not the other way around.
Let's Connect
Let's Connect
If something you've read here resonates or you think my experience might be helpful to your organization, I'd be glad to hear from you.
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