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Patricia M. Bedient was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2007. She became senior vice president of Finance and Strategic Planning in February 2006 and from February 2003 to 2006 she served as vice president of Strategic Planning.
Prior to joining the company, Bedient was with Arthur Andersen LLP for 27 years, where she served a number of clients in the forest products, manufacturing, distribution and educational service industries. She began her career with Arthur Andersen in Portland, Oregon, becoming a partner in 1987. In 1993 she transferred to the Boise, Idaho, office. From 1999 to 2002 she served as the managing partner for the Seattle office and as the partner in charge of the firm’s forest products practice.
Patricia attended Oregon State University where she received a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in accounting and finance.
Bedient is a certified public accountant and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Washington Society of CPAs.
She currently serves on the board of directors of Alaska Air Group, the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, the Oregon State University Foundation board of trustees, the advisory board for the University of Washington School of Business, and the San Francisco regional advisory board for FM Global.
She has served on the boards of the World Forestry Center, the Forest History Society, and the Forest Research Lab advisory committee, Oregon State University. She has also served as past president, City Club of Portland; past chair, board of regents, St. Mary’s Academy of Portland; past vice chair, Boise Chamber of Commerce; and past treasurer for both United Way of Ada County, Idaho, and Alliance for Education in Seattle. | 