Wendy McAllister

Director of Business Development
NationalGeographic.com

Prior to becoming the Director of Business Development for National Geographic.com, where she is in charge of syndicating content to other providers, Wendy McAllister was the marketing manager for a start-up. Her very first job was for a small video production company.

Definitely savvy in multi-media arenas, McAllister says that the most challenging aspects of her current position are having the resources and bandwidth to take advantage of all of the great opportunities that present themselves and generating a substantial amount of revenue in tight economic times. Despite being ensconced in high-tech endeavors, McAllister states that what she enjoys most are the “talented people” she encounters and her ability to provide the public “with content that they find useful, interesting and unique.”

Job title: Director, Business Development
Employer: National Geographic.com
Location: Washington, D.C.
Contact information: wmcallister@nationalgeographic.com

Last CD listened to: Craig David
Likes to do for fun: Spending time with family and friends, decorating, entertaining, cooking, trying new restaurants, traveling and bargain shopping
Other hobbies: Tennis
Last vacation: Toronto
Next vacation: Europe
Hometown: Washington, D.C.

FAVORITES
Food: anything gourmet & delicious
Restaurant: so many; Persimmon in Bethesda, Melrose in the Park Hyatt
Place on earth: My home & Hawaii
TV show: Any decorating show on HGTV or Style
Radio Station: 105.9 (smooth jazz)
Book: Lena Horne’s autobiography
Movie: The Thomas Crown Affair (with Pierce Brosnan)
Song: Too many to name
Sports team: Los Angeles Lakers
Car: Mercedes
City: Washington, D.C.
State: California
Country: Spain

Best professional moment: Overseeing the first ever online movie awards for AOL.

Favorite quote: “Love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

Profile by Chris Strudwick-Turner
March 2003