Wendell Cox is a demographic and transport consultant and principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy in metropolitan St. Louis. He is also a visiting professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, a French national university in Paris. He has completed projects in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and Africa and was retained by the former city of Toronto for technical assistance in opposing the subsequent amalgamation.
He was appointed to three terms on the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission by Mayor Tom Bradley and, while in that position, wrote the tax amendment to finance the light rail and subway systems. During that period, he was also elected to chair two national committees of the American Public Transit Association (Policy & Planning and Governing Boards). In 1999, US Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, appointed him to the Amtrak Reform Council to complete the unexpired term of New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman.