As president of The Webster Group, Ms. Drake holds management responsibilities for the company's overall performance. In addition to her duties as president, Ms. Drake leads the government contracts division of TWG. She works with TWG's talented teams to create, implement and sustain strategies that produce greater ROI with measurable results for their clients.
Ms. Drake's credentials include a long and successful association with TWG, starting with the firm in 2001. Since then, she has been an integral reason for the firm's extraordinary successes, working in various capacities including marketing director, event director, vice president and chief operating officer.
Throughout her career, she has helped nonprofits think strategically and work smarter. With experience in all facets of nonprofit management and resource development, Ms. Drake has worked with organizations to build more effective leadership and fundraising campaigns and to enhance efforts to raise major and planned gifts, as well as secure significant corporate and foundation support.
Ms. Drake has worked with government, corporate and nonprofit clients including the Pentagon Memorial Fund, The John Marshall Memorial Park Foundation, Save the Children, Lupus Foundation of America, Americas Promise, American Red Cross, Department of Homeland Security, USAID, Department of Transportation and many more.
Of the many high profile projects she has undertaken for TWG, none was more challenging or rewarding than her role as project manager of the Air Force Memorial dedication events. Under Ms. Drake's direction, TWG's work on Air Force Memorial Dedication weekend have earned The Webster Group 2007 Special Events Magazine Gala Award for "Best Event Produced for a Nonprofit Organization or Association" and an international nomination for best nonprofit event for 2006 by the International Special Events Society (ISES). That particular event attracted over 40,000 attendees and ceremony participants including the president, defense secretary and secretary of the Air Force, to name just a few.
Ms. Drake brings over 17 years of experience to her role as president. Her experience includes fundraising, event management, strategic planning, marketing, production and foundation management. Earlier in her career, she worked for both Orr Associates Inc. and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
She is a member of ISES DC, Capital Speakers, Society of Government Meeting Professionals, The Linden Circle (Meridian International) and Washington Women in Wine.
Ms. Drake received a Master’s of Business Administration from the George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science from Drury University. She lives with her husband, daughter and son in Falls Church, VA.
"The Webster Group is a strong, successful and continually evolving company thanks in no small part to Wendy. She's smart, driven, detail oriented, a fine teacher, innovative and loyal. Wendy shares my core beliefs in the importance of excellence, honesty and integrity in all we do, values I know our clients appreciate and respect." ~Lynda Webster
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