Leadership Highlights

    Legal - Business Consulting Highlights

    • Boardroom Advisor: BOD Searches/Vetting Projects (specialty, JD-credentialed candidates)
    • Leading Advocate: for lawyers seeking public company directorships
    • Pioneer: Founder and CEO of the first search firm exclusively for lawyers
    • Innovator: EOLIS Law Student Corporate Internship Program (1969-Present), Recipient, White House Citation, 1982
    • Media Magnet: Multi-faceted career; multiple profiles and interviews in mainstream, legal, and gaming media.

    Industry Recognition/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.
    • Expert Witness: First legal recruiter/career coach qualified as an industry expert in federal and state courts.
    • Televised Testimony: Court TV federal trial: Amy Cherry v. Coudert Bros (an EEO case)

    Public Service - Civic Responsibility

    Government Affairs

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

    Community Affairs

    • NY Women's Forum (IWF, 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 1987; also in Binion's ESPN finale,2005
    • Co-anchor with Mike Sexton, Tournament of Champions (2001), pilot film for World Poker Tour,
    • The only WPT player elected by players and sponsored by management for the WPT Professional Poker Tour, (2004).