Patricia M. Bedient
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Director of Alaska Air Group since 2004
Non-executive Board Chair
Former Executive Vice President and CFO, The Weyerhaeuser Company
Qualifications:
• Financial/Accounting and Investor Relations Expertise
• Public Company Governance Experience
• Business Development and Mergers and Acquisitions Experience
• Strategic Planning Expertise
Professional highlights:
Ms. Bedient was executive vice president for Weyerhaeuser Company, a publicly traded company and one of the world’s largest integrated forest products companies, from 2007 until her retirement in July 2016. She was the company’s CFO from 2007 until February 2016. Ms. Bedient served as senior vice president, finance and strategic planning from 2006 until 2007 and as vice president, strategic planning from 2003, when she joined Weyerhaeuser. A certified public accountant (CPA) since 1978, she served as managing partner of the Seattle office of Arthur Andersen LLP prior to joining Weyerhaeuser. Ms. Bedient also worked at Andersen’s Portland and Boise offices as a partner and as a CPA during her 27-year career with the firm. She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Washington Society of CPAs. She holds a Cyber-Risk Oversight Certificate and an Effective AI Oversight for Directors Certificate from the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Bedient currently serves on the Board of Suncor Energy where she chairs the audit committee and is a member of the governance nominating committee as well as serving on the Park Hotels and Resorts Board as a member of the audit committee and Chair of the governance nominating committee. In 2025, she was chosen as the Public Company Director of the Year by the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Current public company board service:
•  Suncor Energy, Inc.
•  Park Hotels and Resorts Inc
Current non-public company board service:
•  Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group)
•  Oregon State University Foundation Board of Trustees
•  Overlake Medical Center Board of Trustees
•  University of Washington Foster School of Business Advisory Board
Education:
•  BS, Oregon State University