Name: Wendy Woodward

Nickname: Woo

Length of employment with PREFERRED: 9 months

Job title and responsibilities: Renewal Coordinator. As the renewal coordinator, it is my responsibility to audit, prepare, send out, and keep track of outstanding renewals on a monthly basis.

What you like most about your job: Between my position as a renewal coordinator, part-time auditor for various in-house functions, a co-chair for the fun committee, and pseudo editor for the PNN Newsletter, each and every day has become a giant puzzle. (Sometimes, the amount of paper on my desk actually looks like a giant puzzle.) I love the art of fitting a million different projects into an 8 hour day – and making it all work.

Favorite pastime: The mother in me wants to say that watching the boys grow into young men is my favorite… but it’s hard because it means that they’re actually growing up. A distant second is tied between reading mystery who-dunnit’s, and watching black and white movies. Any movie with Cary Grant, Elvis (go ahead and laugh, everyone else does), or any type of explosion, and I’m there!

About your family: I am a single parent of 2 boys – Dominic 11, and Justin 6. There is no doubt in my mind that they are the reason for my constant dance on the edge of insanity. They have talked me into adopting Max, our 6 month old beagle… which is only fair since I talked them into adopting nearly 320 soldiers overseas. Every night as a family we write letters to our guys and gals away from home to let them know that they’re not forgotten and that we’re always thinking of them.