Wendy Harding is a longtime Arkansan, wife, mother, and community leader dedicated to preserving Pea Ridge’s heritage while looking toward the future. 

Wendy’s professional background is in market research, product development, project management and customer experience. She currently oversees the End to End Customer Experience for Returns at Walmart, Inc. In that role, she manages the Corporate Return policy working across various stakeholders including merchants, store and digital operations, legal and compliance. She also works with her product development partners to develop and launch new return experiences for customers and associates. Her work was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the top innovations in Retail for Curbside and Member pick up returns. Wendy is a customer-obsessed problem-solver who believes that the best solutions come when we listen to the communities we serve. 

When Wendy isn’t solving problems in retail, she volunteers her time with the League of Women Voters to register new voters and increase civic engagement in Arkansas. Wendy and her husband, Robert, have lived in Pea Ridge for 2.5 years and have resided in Arkansas for nearly 12 years. They are a blended family and share four children together, all of whom have attended Arkansas Universities. Forever an improvement-minded person, she recognizes the need for smart, managed growth that preserves Pea Ridge and will use her organizational, leadership and change management skills to serve the people of Pea Ridge as your city council member.