Patty Whitney
- B.S. in Business Education, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Patty is currently the Executive Assistant and Community Organizer for Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing.
Whitney recently returned to a full time position with BISCO. Prior to this, she served as an active BISCO leader for four years, then as an administrative assistant/organizer in a part time position of ten hours/week (09/06) for one year. Ms. Whitney has a Bachelor of Science in Business Education from Nicholls State University, with a minor in English, and is retired as an official court reporter. She also served as an information and referral specialist for a local non-profit disabilities group from 2004—2005.
Ms. Whitney was a 2005 Winner of the BISCO Angel of the Year Award and has also received the honor of being named as one of Louisiana Spirit’s “Unsung Heroes” in the bayou region for her volunteer efforts after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.Other honors include: Named as Louisiana Coastal Communities Ambassador by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one of “10 Unsung Heroes of the 2010 Gulf Oil Disaster” by the National Wildlife Federation, President, Terrebonne Genealogical Society, and President, Lafourche Heritage Society. Her areas of expertise include Grants Writing, Environmental Advocacy, Housing and Disabilities Issues and Policy.