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Wendy Wendlandt
Political Director, U.S. PIRG
(213) 251-3680 ext. 311 ·
 Expertise: campaign finance reform, public interest politics
Background: Wendy Wendlandt has served as Political Director for U.S. PIRG since 1992. As Political Director she manages external relations for U.S. PIRG. During the 2004 election cycle, Ms. Wendlandt was actively involved in developing and launching the State PIRGs’ New Voters and Community Voters Projects which together resulted in more than 600,000 young and urban, minority voters registered and contacted. She also helped to found the non-partisan Campaign Institute, to train the next generation of campaign activists.
Ms. Wendlandt joined the State PIRGs in 1984 and has worked in a variety of positions including as Executive Director of WashPIRG, the Washington Public Interest Research Group. She has directed numerous campaigns including ballot measure campaigns on issues including nuclear waste and toxic waste cleanup, campaign finance reform, and genetically engineered food. Ms. Wendlandt currently serves on the boards of Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizing, and the Green Century Funds, the nation's only family of socially responsible mutual funds founded and owned by non-profit environmental organizations. She is also President of the Center for Public Interest Research and the Environment California Research and Policy Center.
Education: B.A., Whitman College, 1983
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