Specialty Areas: Urban Education

Bill Wendling is:

Executive Director of the Ohio 8 Coalition
(a strategic alliance of Ohio's big-city superintendents and teacher union presidents)
• Responsible for government affairs, media relations, public awareness, position development
• Develops cohesive responses to state funding issues
• Develops cohesive responses to issues raised by federal No Child Left Behind Act
• Maintains high-level contacts in Columbus and Washington DC

Consultant to Greater Cleveland Community Vision Council
• Counsel on issues related to the use of schools as community resources.

President of Educational Insights
(a national “think tank” composed of educators and supporting corporate sponsors who share a common commitment to constructively identifying and examining problems and areas in need of improvement in the P-16 educational system)

Participant in Governor's Institute on Creativity and Innovation

Member of AASA Urban Policy Group

Member of ODE Urban Districts Partnership Support Team

Member of ODE Advisory Council for Race to the Top Education Fund

Consultant to Stupski Foundation

Consultant to Mayfield City School District

Former Consultant to Cleveland Heights - University Heights School District
• Counsel on issues related to implementing small schools at the high-school level

Former Chief Communications & External Affairs Officer for Cleveland Municipal School District

Citizens Advisory Committee on School Governance
• Principal author of civic report calling for mayoral control of Cleveland Municipal School District

Education co-chair, Cleveland International Children's Games, 2004

Former education co-chair, Cleveland Unity Day

Member of Alumni Advisory Council to College of Arts and Science, Miami University

Trustee, Barbara Byrd-Bennett Foundation for Cleveland's Children

Former Chief Communications & External Affairs Officer for Cleveland Municipal School District

Other clients include:
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Initiative for Education, The Cleveland Foundation, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Vocational Guidance Services