Patrick Woodie

Vice President of Rural Development Programs, NC Rural Center

Patrick Woodie joined the Rural Center staff in October of 2006 as the Vice President of Rural Development Programs for the North Carolina Rural Center. In this position he oversees capacity-building programs in the areas of Physical Infrastructure, Business Development, Workforce Development, and Civic & Social Infrastructure. Prior to his work at the Rural Center, Patrick was Executive Director of New River Community Partners and the Blue Ridge Business Development Center in Sparta, NC, both non-profits engaged in community and economic development. Patrick helped found New River Community Partners when the New River was designated one of fourteen American Heritage Rivers by President Clinton in 1998. NRCP assisted New River communities in leveraging more than $40 million in federal, state, and local government funding, as well as private foundation funding, to implement community-initiated projects.

Patrick served one term as Alleghany County Commissioner and is a former Executive Director of the Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce. He was a founding member of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area; and in 2005, he received the Rural Center’s annual award for “Outstanding Rural Leadership”. Patrick is a native of Alleghany County and a graduate of Wake Forest University and Wake Forest School of Law.

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