Wendy is the Chief Operating Officer and outside general counsel for Temerity Strategic Partners where she is responsible for the firm’s operational needs including risk management, HR, IT and office functionality as well as general legal oversight.

Wendy is a founding partner of Drane & Freyer Limited (dfllaw.com) established in 2000 and which provides a full range of legal services relating to the real estate, financing, capital markets, compliance, venture and general organizational needs of its clients, including Temerity Strategic Partners. She also previously served as the general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief operating officer for other of the firm’s clients. Prior to co-founding Drane & Freyer Limited, she was a partner in the corporate and real estate departments at Faegre Drinker Biddle in Chicago (formerly Gardner Carton & Douglas).

Wendy earned a JD from Northwestern University School of Law and an AB cum laude from Smith College. She currently serves as an Executive Board member of Friends of Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, as Co-Chair Project Development for The Wetlands Initiative and as a volunteer on behalf of Smith College, Colgate University and the Latin School of Chicago.