Boards: Alaska Air Group, Park Hotels and Resorts, Suncor Energy, Oregon State University Foundation, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics.

Patricia Bedient (also known as Patty) retired in 2016 as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Weyerhaeuser Company. 

Bedient chairs the board of directors for Alaska Air Group. She also serves on the boards of directors for Suncor Energy, where she chairs the audit committee and is a member of the governance committee, and Park Hotels and Resorts, serving on the audit committee and chairing the nominating, governance, and corporate responsibility committee. She is a past chair of Overlake Medical Center & Clinics and continues to serve on the board of trustees. Patty also serves as the chair-elect of Oregon State University Foundation.

She joined Weyerhaeuser in 2003 as vice president, strategic planning. From 2006 until 2007 she served as senior vice president, finance and strategic planning, and as executive vice president and chief financial officer from 2007 until February 2016. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, Bedient was with Arthur Andersen LLP for 27 years and served as the managing partner of the Seattle Office.

Bedient 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 is also a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, where she holds the NACD.DC® and a CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight. In addition, she is a member of Women Corporate Directors and the International Women's Forum.

In 2019, she was recognized as a Director of the Year for the Puget Sound. In 2012, she achieved national recognition when the Wall Street Journal named her one of the Top 25 CFOs in the country. Puget Sound Business Journal named her among the 2012 Women of Influence and previously recognized her work when they named her 2011 CFO of the Year.