Warner P. Woodworth

Who is Warner P. Woodworth?

Warner P. Woodworth is a professor in the Department of Organizations Leadership and Strategy in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He is a leading advocate of development of micro-credit and has been involved in researching as well as developing such programs.

Woodworth graduated from South High School in 1960. Woodworth holds BS and MS degrees from BYU and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has also held various visiting scholar appointments including as the first Peter Drucker Centennial Scholar at the Drucker School of Management of Claremont Graduate University.

Among other positions, Woodworth has served as co-editor of the Journal of Microfinance.

Among the organizations Woodworth has helped to found have been Enterprise Mentors International, Unitas Microcredit and HELP-International. Woodworth currently serves as chairman of the board of HELP International. HELP International was an outgrowth of HELP Honduras, which was an organization formed to provide aid in Honduras in the wake of Hurricane Mitch.

He is also the founder of MicroBusiness Mentors.