On August 25, 1992, Wendt became the chargé d'affaires ad interim at the newly established U.S. Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[4] On May 15, 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to become the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia,[5] and he presented his credentials on May 26, 1993. He was superseded on September 12, 1995.[6]
Wendt holds a Master of Public Administration (economics) from Harvard, a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris, and a BA magna cum laude from Yale.