President, Pangburn Partners LLC- Wendy Pangburn is a seasoned executive with unparalleled experience creating and implementing executive programs for a variety of corporate, political, and nonprofit clients. Her leadership and expertise in nonprofit and association management, executive recruiting, continuing education, travel /special event management, membership development and grassroots fundraising has benefited a host of high profile individuals and organizations.
Today, Wendy serves as a consultant to a number of corporate and nonprofit entities through her firm, Pangburn Partners LLC. She primarily concentrates on the international NGO community.
As a former Partner in the Washington, DC office of Heidrick & Struggles, Wendy led the firm’s executive recruiting efforts in the nonprofit and association arena in the nation’s capital. Prior to Heidrick & Struggles, Wendy served for over a decade as Executive Director of the Chief Executives Organization, Inc. (CEO), a nonprofit international group of 2,000 chief executive officers and former leaders of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) whose mission is to improve executive leadership effectiveness through continuing education and idea exchange.
Wendy has managed numerous annual fundraising and award recognition programs for organizations such as the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum (SAAM) and the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. She held significant roles with the State funerals of both President Ronald Reagan and President Gerald Ford. In 2009, she conceptualized and produced the Lincoln 2.0 Inaugural Ball for the Smithsonian during Barack Obama’s Inauguration.
She also has Capitol Hill experience, has raised funds for many national and statewide campaigns and national party organizations, and has traveled around the globe supporting the Office of White House Presidential Advance.
An active leader in the trade association arena and a strong proponent of continuing education, Wendy earned her CAE (Certified Association Executive) through the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).
Wendy earned Bachelor degrees in Economics and Art from Bucknell University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. She currently is a member of the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Board.
