Born in NY and raised in Greenwich, CT Wendy and Bob, her husband, Hartwell met in Bennington, Vermont where they were both actively involved in the community, Wendy, as a United Way Executive Director, and Bob, working as a real estate attorney and contemplating a run for political office which he did and subsequently served as a State Senator for eight years.

After some years spent on Cape Cod where they had always vacationed, they built a st...