Legal - Business Consulting Highlights

• Boardroom Talent Advisor: BOD Searches/Vetting Projects (specialty, JD-credentialed candidates)
• Leading Advocate: for lawyers seeking public company directorships
• Innovative Entrepreneur: Founder and CEO of the first search firm exclusively for lawyers
• Pioneer: EOLIS Law Student Corporate Internship Program (1969-Present), Recipient, Whitehouse Citation
• Media Magnet: The New York Times (3 features), A&E Biography, Close Up (feature), GQ Magazine (feature) 

Industry Association Service/Awards:

Association of Personnel Services of NY State (APCNY), National Association of Personnel Consultants NEA/NAPC), National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC), International Confederation of Recruiting Consultants (ICRC/WEO)

• APCNY: Youngest and first woman president; youngest recipient of Lifetime Service Award.
• NYS: Senate Citation for achievement in overhauling statute applicable to recruitment, and placement in NYS.
• NAPC: Youngest board director; established arbitration commission for the recruiting industry.
• NALSC: Founder/first president, NALSC, Distinguished Service Award, Producer, First Annual Conference.
• First legal recruiter/career coach qualified as an industry expert witness in federal and state Courts.
• Expert at trial in first law firm/ employee EEO liability case broadcast on Court TV.

Public Service - Civic Responsibility

Government Affairs

• Hope's Champion Task Force: Founder, Chief Operating Officer/Civilian Commander
• NY Governor Pataki: First woman appointed first assistant to the Governor in NYS
• Special Advisor to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (1978-1994): career  advisor/mayoral advisor; member, inner circle
• Intermediary between Mayor Giuliani and George Pataki during the 1994  gubernatorial campaign
• The only woman advisor in Sir Harold Evans' BBC documentary, Rudy Giuliani: Mayor of America
• Featured speaker in Rudy: "The Documusical," a Hulu Production of the former Mayor's ups and downs

Community Affairs

• International and NY Women's Forum (1999-present): Member, program presenter
• City Meals on Wheels (1994-present): Participant, Women's Power Lunch (Executive Committee, 2 years)
• PENCIL, Principal for a Day Program (1984-2000, 2018): PFAD principal, Manhattan International, LaGuardia
• New Yorkers for Children (1999-2017): Board Member, Nominating Committee, Audit Committee
• NYU Law School (2006-2008): Special Advisor; Member, Dean's Advisory Council
• WNYC (1994-2000): Appointed Mayoral Representative, elected Member of Board of Trustees

Thought Leadership - Writer/Speaker for Keynotes, Seminars, Motivational Speaking

• Journalist: Broadcast, print, and digital media journalist for law, business, and gaming outlets.
• Public Speaker: law firms, associations, business groups, cruise ships; negotiation and decision strategies.
• Author: Not a Memoir! in progress; publication anticipated 2025) 

Gaming Affairs/Poker Competition - Industry Service and Awards

World Series of Poker (WSOP), World Poker Tour (WPT), European Poker Open (EPO), US Poker Championship (USPC)

• World Series of Poker commemorative chip issued in honor of Wendeen Eolis (1996) reissued in 2006.
• WSOP - Players Advisory Council (Member) and WSOP International Players Advisory Council (Chair), 2006-2008.
• The first woman to cash at the WSOP, the first woman to do so twice, and more firsts in WSOP, WPT, EPO, and USPC.
• The first woman player to commentate on WSOP for ESPN in 1986; also in Binion's ESPN finale,2005
• Co-anchor with Mike Sexton, Tournament of Champions, pilot film for World Poker Tour,
• The only WPT player elected and sponsored for the Inaugural  WPT Professional Poker Tour, 2004.