WENDY GLADNEY

Speaker, Trainer, Author and Success Coach

Wendy Gladney is a Success Coach, Consultant, Author & Transformational Speaker –She is a multi-faceted businesswoman with close to a quarter century of experience in the community. Her many different sides come together under the umbrella of Wendy’s Enterprises; consisting of Personal Services Plus Consulting & Training Firm (PSP), Season of Greatness (SOG), Forgiving for Living, Inc. (FFL) and Wendy, the Author & Speaker. As a professional Consultant, Community Relations & Strategic Engagement expert, Wendy has worked with many of the leading community-based organizations, small businesses and corporations in America such as: Nestle USA, Nike, McDonald’s, Hyundai Motor America, Magic Johnson Foundation, Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Hospital, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and more.

A native of Southern California, Wendy received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also a graduate of The Protocol School of Washington, certified and licensed to teach/coach International Protocol, Etiquette and Intercultural Understanding. She is also a graduate of the Goldvarg Consulting Group/ICF – Certified Coaching Program.

Wendy's professionalism is extended through her membership in notable organizations including: International Coaching Federation (ICF), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and American Marriage Ministries. She sits on the Board of Directors for the UCLA Black Alumni (UBAA), the American Women for International Understanding (AWIU) and the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles (IVCLA).

Her reach also extends abroad as she participated in the UNCTAD Conference in Lyon, France and later was part of the China Trade Mission with the Upland Chamber of Commerce in 2005. She was selected by The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles as an Ambassador of Goodwill and Global Relations to Israel in May of 2015; and in October of 2015, she traveled to South Korea with G.C.S. as a Goodwill Ambassador on behalf of California. For her achievements and commitment to community, she has been the recipient of several honors, including the “Women of Distinction Award” Certificate of Congressional Recognition twice by Congress Member Judy Chu & California State Assemblyman Chris Holden (in 2013 & 2016, respectively). She is also listed in “Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles” and others.

Wendy is a regular columnist for the Los Angeles Sentinel and the Inland Valley Newspapers as well as for Suite Life SoCal Magazine. She loves traveling and helping others, but most of all she loves being a mother and grandmother.