Wendy began her career as a Food and Drug Investigator for the California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch in 2001. She was hired as part of a new unit that developed educational content and classes for the food industry. Later, she transferred to a field position where she performed food-safety inspections, investigations, trained her peers, and liked learning about the diverse food industry in California. Currently, Wendy is enjoying her position as the Organic Program Specialist for the Branch. In this capacity she oversees the organic and OCal programs which entails activities such as regulation writing, bill analysis, providing technical expertise for investigations and enforcement activities, creating and providing training, responding to program inquiries from the industry and government agencies, and serving on the California Organic Products Advisory Committee. Wendy was elected as CAFDI Secretary in 2023 and enjoys serving her colleagues as part of the CAFDI board.
