Bio

During her tenure with Cequel III and its managed companies, Wendy has overseen the legal work for more than $45 billion of M&A transactions and a variety of other operational and legal matters. In addition to her position with Cequel III, she also serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary of TierPoint, a leading national provider of hybrid IT solutions with 40 data centers in 20 markets, with oversight of TierPoint’s Legal, Security and Compliance, and Contracts Administration Departments, and Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary of StayLock Storage, a growing national self-storage business. From 2006 through 2015, Wendy served as Executive Vice President and Secretary of Suddenlink Communications, the seventh largest cable operator in the United States at the time. Previously, she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of AAT Communications, a telecommunications tower company that was managed by Cequel III from 2002 until being sold to SBA Communications in April 2006. For several years before joining AAT, Wendy was Associate Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, for the National Football League. Prior to joining the NFL, she worked as an Associate for the law firm currently known as Smith & Duggan, a litigation boutique in Boston. Wendy is a member of the California, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey and New York state bars, as well as the United States Supreme Court bar. Wendy is also a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the American Bar Association. She graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where she was named both an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar and a G. Joseph Tauro Scholar. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Colgate University with a double major in International Relations and Spanish, and was named to the Konosioni Senior Honor Society at Colgate. Wendy continued her study of classical piano at Colgate, where she gave several solo recitals, including in Madrid, and still plays classical piano today. Wendy is a member of the Gala Committee that has helped raise millions of dollars over the past several years to benefit the Life Skills/TouchPoint Autism Services division of Easter Seals Midwest, which provides life-changing programs for children and adults on the autism spectrum. Wendy was previously a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris Animal Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit dedicated to funding humane research studies to improve the health and well-being of companion animals and wildlife all over the world, and served as Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee and a member of the Board’s Development Committee.