Wendy Booker is a life-long adventurer, author, speaker and advocate within the global MS community.

Diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in 1998, Booker did not consider herself an athlete. She did, however, know that she was not going to take her diagnosis sitting down – she wanted to fight back! Her real adventure began with a girlfriend’s invitation and challenge to run the Boston Marathon. Booker ran the marathon and never looked back. Since then, she has run twelve marathons, climbed the Seven Summits of the world – attempting Everest twice in the process, mushed to the North Pole, and skied to the South Pole – setting records and breaking through barriers all the way.

Always on the lookout for her next great adventure, Booker has been training with a team of sled dogs in Alaska with plans to someday race in the Iditarod, the Last Great Race, with a burning passion to further get attention on how far treatments for multiple sclerosis have come in the last 20 years.

Booker is a National Ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, sharing her message across the country to the MS community. As her mission and adventures have expanded so has her speaking audience. She speaks nationally and internationally at corporate conferences, schools, universities, fundraisers and athletic events, tying in her adventures with what it takes to face a challenge, be it medical, financial, teamwork, and/or goal setting. Her message always reminds her audience that serendipity, stubbornness and self-discovery can lead to amazing things and positive outcomes.

She also uses her voice as a patient advocate and consultant in the health care, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Her book, "New Altitude" shares her amazing journey since her diagnosis and the attitude that allows her to live a happy and healthy life despite living with MS.

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