Wendy W. Luers is the founding President of The Foundation for a Civil Society and Co-Chair of the Project on Justice in Times of Transition.  Mrs. Luers established the Foundation for a Civil Society in New York and Prague in January, 1990 at the request of the Czechoslovaks and Americans following her residence in Prague with her husband,
Ambassador William Luers from 1983 to 1986 when they became close to Vaclav Havel  and Charter 77. FCS helped promote civil society and
provided advice and expertise with offices in New York, Prague from 1990 to 1999 and in Bratislava from 1993 to 1999. Nadace VIA (Czech Republic) and Nadace Pontis (Slovakia) are the successor NGO's and affiliates of FCS in NY. FCS's principal activity today is the Young Visual Artists Awards
established in 1989 as the Chalupecky Award in Czechoslovakia. It has inspired similar awards in nine other countries, the winners of which come to NY for residencies.

Mrs. Luers serves on numerous boards at Stanford, Tufts and the University of South California and is Vice Chair of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. She was the first woman and first non-Czech to receive Gratias Agit award from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.