Wendy Beam

Wendy grew up in a military family and has lived in Franklin, Tennessee since 1982. She received her bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and a master’s degree in education from Vanderbilt University with an emphasis in human resource development. Wendy has over 20 years’ experience working in human resources and operations, including serving as director of training for Whirlpool Corporation. Wendy was recruited by a national staffing company in 2001 and served for 10 years as Director and then Vice President of Operations. In that role, she oversaw the substitute teacher staffing program and led the founding of the Manufacturing Process Outsourcing division (MPO). She has been PHR certified and was a former President of the American Society of Training and Development. She is STEDI certified through the Utah State University Sub Training program. Wendy joined ESS in 2016.