Career
Pat Pitney has volunteered as an assistant coach for the Alaska Nanooks at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for almost two decades. The Pat Spurgin Rifle Range in Murray, Kentucky is named after her. Pat was selected as one of torchbearer for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay.
She took a travel of 3 100 miles on the biggest Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker "50 Let Pobedy" to the North Pole, where the crew ignited the cauldron.
In December 2014, newly elected Alaska Governor Bill Walker appointed Pat as director of the Office of Management and Budget, ending her career as vice chancellor for administrative services at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her career as director has been focused on improving the Alaska State Budget because of the impact collapsing oil prices has had on the state.