Emcee · Moderator · Keynote speaker

Broadway’sTriple Threat forHigh-Performance Events.

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The rare combination

The stage. The camera. The boardroom.

These three worlds rarely show up on one résumé. Wendee has lived in all of them, and that mix is what lets her read a room, find the story inside it, and hold the people who run it.

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01On the stage

Broadway

Broadway debut in Play On!. Stages from Carnegie Hall to Radio City Music Hall to Lincoln Center. On the road in Mamma Mia!, Sophisticated Ladies, and STOMP.

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02On the air

Broadcast

TV news anchor and entertainment reporter at KTNV-ABC in Las Vegas. A journalist's ear for the real story, with interviews spanning celebrities and Fortune 500 leaders.

Wendee Lee Curtis seated in a bright studio with a city skyline behind her

03In the room

The boardroom

Facilitator for Cornell University's Executive Presence and Women in Leadership programs, where she coaches the kind of leaders who fill your audience.

Three disciplines. One presence. All of it working for your event.

Attendees on stage applauding at the Synchrony Sales25 event

In the room

"Wendee knocked our show out of the park, three years running."

Chris Nicholson, Executive Producer, Plexus

Emcee · Host · Moderator

From Celebs to CEOs.

From red carpets to boardrooms, Wendee has interviewed and introduced A-list celebrities, sports icons, and Fortune 500 leaders. A range few emcees bring.

CEOs Imari Oliver, Arlan Hamilton & Cindy Gallop

Gary Vaynerchuk

Wendee with Cody Plofker and Bobbi Brown

Cody Plofker & Bobbi Brown

MLB Hall of Famer Derek Jeter

Venus Williams

Steve Hasker, CEO, Thomson Reuters

Matt Goldberg, CEO, Tripadvisor

Everette Taylor, CEO Kickstarter, Lisa Mayer, CEO Boss Beauties & Tyler Schmitt, VP @ VaynerX // VeeFriends

Wendee interviewing Phillipe Von Borries

Phillipe Von Borries, CEO, Lonely Planet

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What Wendee Does

One professional. Every format.

Primary Offering

Emcee / Host / Moderator

Your event's connective tissue. Broadcast instincts and Broadway energy that read the room, handle the unexpected, and hold momentum from open to close.

Keynote Speaker

Four participatory keynotes drawing from Broadway, broadcast journalism, and leadership coaching. Teams leave with frameworks they can use Monday.

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Emcee + Keynote Combo

One voice carries the whole event, from opening energy to closing keynote. The option event producers keep coming back to.

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Keynote Topics

Four keynotes. Three disciplines.

Each keynote draws from a distinct chapter of Wendee's career. Every session is built to be accessible and immediately actionable.

The Broadway Blueprint: Building Belonging

Nearly 20 years on Broadway stages produced ensemble operating principles that corporate teams rarely have and desperately need. This highly interactive keynote puts those principles to work: full effort, contribution over credentials, shared spotlight.

Signature

Connected Confidence

Wendee's Anxiety Reappraisal framework, developed through years of live broadcasting, gives professionals practical tools to show up with more presence on camera, onstage, and in high-stakes rooms.

Virtual-Ready

Stop Performing Leadership

For leaders who sense that the polished version of leadership they've been performing isn't building the trust they need: this session replaces image management with more grounded presence and the kind of authority that earns trust.

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Culture Isn't What You Say, It's What You Reward

Helps leaders identify the hidden reward systems and unspoken norms quietly shaping their culture. Audiences leave knowing what to look for and how to close the gap between the culture they describe and what their team actually lives day to day.

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20 Years · Broadway · National Tours · TV News Anchor

"I help organizations build more collaborative, nimble, and resilient teams through Broadway's unique blueprint."

Stage & screen

From Broadway to broadcasting.

The shows, the tours, the news desk. Where the craft was built.

Lincoln Center · Radio City Music Hall · Carnegie Hall · National & European tours · The Old Globe · Arena Stage · North Shore Music Circus

Broadway & stageBroadcast news

Play On! women's ensemble — Play On! · women's ensemble

Play On! Playbill — Play On! · Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Wendee as Rosie in Mamma Mia! — Rosie · Mamma Mia! on tour

STOMP Out Loud cast in Las Vegas — STOMP Out Loud · Las Vegas

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Mamma Mia! Playbill — Mamma Mia! · Winter Garden

Wendee on EXTRA — EXTRA · with Dayna Devon & Mark McGrath

Wendee interviewing Joe Jackson — Interviewing Joe Jackson

KTNV-ABC

KTNV-ABC · on the air

The stage built the presence. Live television built the nerve.

What clients say

Booked again and again.

She absolutely knocked it out of the park. We were looking for an authentic host who could truly connect with our audience, and found exactly that.

Brittany Attaway · Public Strategies

They loved her so much the first time, they asked her back 6 months later. Always brought her own personality and flair. A true star.

Andrea Nichols · SVP, Experience Delivery

Wendee started each day with the most amazing energy, poise, humor, class, and effectiveness. She was loved by all the presenters she interacted with, as well as over 600 attendees.

Robert Kalfin · Executive Producer

Broadway to the boardroom.

Broadway debut in Play On!, national tours including Mamma Mia! and STOMP, and stages from Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center. Then a TV news anchor desk, executive coaching, and a current facilitation role at Cornell.

A midwesterner with southern sensibilities, raised in Houston and based in Chicago. All of it in service of one idea: the best teams operate like great ensembles.

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