Career
She has a Bachelor of Arts, Melbourne University (Australia) and a general nursing certificate from Adelaide Children’s Hospital. Her former corporate government positions include Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Victoria Board, Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Tourism Victoria Board, Director of the Victorian Public Transport Ombudsman Board and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Public Transport Ombudsman Board. Wendy was the Shadow Minister for Small Business in 2002 and Shadow Cabinet Secretary from 2000 to 2002.
Wendy was also a Ministerial Advisor to the Kennett Victorian Government in the Major Projects portfolio from 1993 to 1996.
From 2003 to 2014 she was the owner/operator of an ecological tourism business and involved in Australian tourism and trade both internationally and nationally. From 1988 to 1989, Wendy was the General Manager of the Metropolitan Municipal Association (Mobile Marketing Association ).
Her earlier professions include being a Nurse Educator at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Counsellor at Louisiana Trobe University in Victoria.