Full Name
Mrs. Wendy M. Lawrence
Job Title
Director
Company Name
Povaddo
Speaker Bio
Wendy Lawrence
Director, Povaddo (St. Louis)

Wendy Lawrence is a Director at Povaddo, a firm specializing in public opinion and societal expectations research aimed at helping clients develop better strategies and stronger communications to address complex issues and challenges facing their businesses. She is an expert in the field of communication research and leads Povaddo’s qualitative research portfolio for its Fortune 500 clients. In addition to consulting with clients to inform strategy, policy priorities, advocacy, and content, Wendy heads the Povaddo Panel, an international network of policy professionals who help shape public policy and/or have a keen understanding of critical business issues, to support clients in their legislative strategy by providing a keen understanding of the attitudes and positions of the policy elite audience. Most of Povaddo’s clients sit within corporate communications, corporate affairs, public affairs, government affairs, business strategy, or the c-suite. Prior to joining Povaddo in 2017, Wendy led research for the agriculture and technology industries at FleishmanHillard, providing business intelligence to Fortune 200 clients. She has been an adjunct professor in communications research and holds a master’s degree in communications from the University of Missouri.
Wendy Lawrence