Wendt specializes in managing research for California statewide and legislative elections, ballot measure campaigns, and public affairs efforts. From 2008 to 2010, Wendt served as a Deputy at the Office of Legislative Counsel where she consulted on issues relative to real property, privacy, civil and tort law, civil procedure, estates and trusts, gaming and lottery, courts, public safety, and taxation. Wendt is a 2007 graduate of the Pepperdine School of Law and Pepperdine School of Public Policy.