Prior to joining Kelley Drye, Ms. Wood worked in the office of Senator David Durenberger (R-MN). Ms. Wood has been an informal advisor to two Republican initiatives on the environment; served as Executive Director of the Women's Coalition with the Dole for President campaign; was a member of the Government Affairs team at the 1996 Republican National Convention, the Women's Advisory Committee for Bush/Quayle 1988, and the Women's Leadership Network; and served on the Board of Directors for Leader PAC and on the National Committee for the Women's House Republican Victory Committee. Ms. Wood serves as Vice President of the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne, an organization she founded with her husband, Joel Wood. Duchenne is a form of Muscular Dystrophy suffered by her seven year old son.