Patricia A. Woertz

Patricia A. Woertz (* 1953 in Pennsylvania) is Chief Executive Officer of the food group Archer Daniels Midland. According to a list of the 100 most powerful women in the world by Forbes Magazine in 2006 and 2007 she was one of the ten most powerful women in the world.

After her studies at Pennsylvania State University, she worked from 1974 with Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh, then at Gulf Oil and Chevron Corporation. In 2006 she took over the management at Archer Daniels Midland.