"Domes" by Kellye Wallett - Photo of Pasadena City Hall
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EVENTS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
EVENTS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Wendy Anderson
President, WOW! Event Productions
Producer, WhiteSatinWeddingShow.com
Co-Producer, TheArtisanFaire.com & AuthorsTourUSA.com
Partner, Watercolor Artist/Actress Kellye Nakahara Wallet KellyesArt.com
Wendy is President of WOW! Production, which handles corporate, social and nonprofit events. WOW! Event Productions produces and coordinates corporate events, annual fundraising galas, golf tournaments, team building corporate events, celebrity events, silent auctions to a major sports memorabilia auction held at Dodger Stadium.
Wendy is the founder/producer of the newly launched Virtual wedding show for Southern CA, the WhiteSatinWeddingShow.com, co-founder/producer of The Artisan Faire, and founder/producer of the Cherry Blossom Festival, held in Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles for 10 years with over 60,000 attendees and a 100% volunteer team from 2002 to 2011. She’s also founder/producer of “Camp Stories” and “Six Weddings & A Dress” which was on exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of History in 2013 “I Do I Do Pasadena Ties the Knot.” She worked on the nationally aired American Comedy Awards for 14 years as the Assistant Event Coordinator and the Muhammad Ali Birthday Special, aired on CBS.
Wendy is business partner with Kellye Nakahara Wallett (actress who played Nurse Kellye in the television series M*A*S*H for 11 years) in Kellye Wallett Studio, responsible for merchandise, promotion, publicity and public appearances. Kellye’s art is currently on loan to the City of Pasadena on the walls of City Hall.– www.Kellyesart.com.
Wendy has been nominated for 5 international awards for the event industry, winning 3 - a Gala Award from The Special Event and two Esprit Awards from the International Special Events Society. She won 5 regional/chapter awards for the International Special Events Society, and a Legacy Award from the Western Region. She received the State of California Legislative Women In Business Award from State Senator Jack Scott and Assembly members Paul Krekorian and Anthony Portantino. She was recognized with a Volunteer Service Award from the Pasadena Council of Women’s Club organization. Wendy recently served on the Board of the Directors Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and is a member of Rotary Club Pasadena serving as their Public Relations Chair & Co-Chair of the Fundraising Committee.
Prior to Wow! Productions she founded City Personnel Services, a temporary-help employment service for 10 years in the Mid-Wilshire district, with a staff of 250 and sold in 1992 to Stivers, a national temporary service. Wendy wrote for Working World Magazine and created the popular “Working Around the World” column; provided free community workshops for job seekers and created an always-capacity filled workshop “Dispelling the Older Myths During the Job Search Process” and
She served as a Volunteer Certified Court & Community Mediator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association for 14 years and mediated and resolved the first Superior Court Judge-requested mediation in Los Angeles. Wendy has been active throughout her life in community service and served for 10 years as the Board President/Co-President of East West Players, the largest Asian American theatre in the United States.
Wendy was born, raised and continues to reside in Pasadena along with her husband of 34 years and their dog Kori.
President, WOW! Event Productions
Producer, WhiteSatinWeddingShow.com
Co-Producer, TheArtisanFaire.com & AuthorsTourUSA.com
Partner, Watercolor Artist/Actress Kellye Nakahara Wallet KellyesArt.com
Wendy is President of WOW! Production, which handles corporate, social and nonprofit events. WOW! Event Productions produces and coordinates corporate events, annual fundraising galas, golf tournaments, team building corporate events, celebrity events, silent auctions to a major sports memorabilia auction held at Dodger Stadium.
Wendy is the founder/producer of the newly launched Virtual wedding show for Southern CA, the WhiteSatinWeddingShow.com, co-founder/producer of The Artisan Faire, and founder/producer of the Cherry Blossom Festival, held in Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles for 10 years with over 60,000 attendees and a 100% volunteer team from 2002 to 2011. She’s also founder/producer of “Camp Stories” and “Six Weddings & A Dress” which was on exhibit at the Pasadena Museum of History in 2013 “I Do I Do Pasadena Ties the Knot.” She worked on the nationally aired American Comedy Awards for 14 years as the Assistant Event Coordinator and the Muhammad Ali Birthday Special, aired on CBS.
Wendy is business partner with Kellye Nakahara Wallett (actress who played Nurse Kellye in the television series M*A*S*H for 11 years) in Kellye Wallett Studio, responsible for merchandise, promotion, publicity and public appearances. Kellye’s art is currently on loan to the City of Pasadena on the walls of City Hall.– www.Kellyesart.com.
Wendy has been nominated for 5 international awards for the event industry, winning 3 - a Gala Award from The Special Event and two Esprit Awards from the International Special Events Society. She won 5 regional/chapter awards for the International Special Events Society, and a Legacy Award from the Western Region. She received the State of California Legislative Women In Business Award from State Senator Jack Scott and Assembly members Paul Krekorian and Anthony Portantino. She was recognized with a Volunteer Service Award from the Pasadena Council of Women’s Club organization. Wendy recently served on the Board of the Directors Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and is a member of Rotary Club Pasadena serving as their Public Relations Chair & Co-Chair of the Fundraising Committee.
Prior to Wow! Productions she founded City Personnel Services, a temporary-help employment service for 10 years in the Mid-Wilshire district, with a staff of 250 and sold in 1992 to Stivers, a national temporary service. Wendy wrote for Working World Magazine and created the popular “Working Around the World” column; provided free community workshops for job seekers and created an always-capacity filled workshop “Dispelling the Older Myths During the Job Search Process” and
She served as a Volunteer Certified Court & Community Mediator for the Los Angeles County Bar Association for 14 years and mediated and resolved the first Superior Court Judge-requested mediation in Los Angeles. Wendy has been active throughout her life in community service and served for 10 years as the Board President/Co-President of East West Players, the largest Asian American theatre in the United States.
Wendy was born, raised and continues to reside in Pasadena along with her husband of 34 years and their dog Kori.
2015-2016 Pasadena Rotary Club President Kathy Meagher
presents Rotarian of the Year award to
Public Relations Chair Wendy Anderson
at President Kathy's last presiding meeting on June 22, 2016.
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