帕特里夏·史密斯（Patricia Smith）从2002 - 2016年开始担任俄勒冈州最古老的信用合作社之一Unitus社区信用合作社的总裁兼首席执行官。在加入Unitus社区信用合作社之前，帕特里夏（Patricia）在华盛顿州西雅图市的Becu（以前是波音员工信用合作社）任职近22年，担任包括首席贷款官在内的各种执行职位。

她积极参与西北信用合作社协会，并共同主持了俄勒冈州政府事务委员会大约八年。她曾在Filene Research Institute董事会担任主席三年，并在其董事会任职九年。She formerly served as treasurer on the Financial Service Centers Cooperatives Shared Branch board and chaired its budget oversight committee prior to the merger with CO-OP Financial Services in December 2011. Patricia served as a member of the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation board of directors and served on the finance and audit committee. She served on the board of the Oregon Business Association (now known as OBI), and currently serves on its former chairs’ council. She earned an executive MBA from the University of Washington, is a graduate of the executive development program at Cornell University, and received her certified senior executive designation from the Credit Union Executive Society.

帕特里夏（Patricia）自2014年以来一直在NWEA董事会任职，目前在NWEA审计和财务委员会和薪酬委员会任职。