During the previous administration, Woody attended President Clinton's White House Conference on "Climate Change" and participated in the Secretary level breakout workshops. This conference, coupled with the various workshops, was the culmination of years of analysis and study and a precursor for the environmental summit, which took place in Kyoto, Japan. As the AABE Chair, he was instrumental in getting ten AABE Board members and chapter presidents a comprehensive educational tour of the Alaska Pipeline and the oil/gas fields of Prudoe Bay on the Beaufort Sea. This tour also included an environmental discussion with indigenous peoples to determine their perspectives. The tour provided first-hand resources for the development of an environmental White Paper on the pros and cons for expanded exploration and drilling in the pristine areas of Alaska. The outcome was presented to the then Secretary of Energy, the Honorable Hazel O'Leary.
Woody developed and implemented both the High Energy Partnership, a mentoring program for student engineers and is the brainchild of the National Technology and Mentoring Partnership Program (TMPP) implemented as a pilot project at Rice High School in Harlem, NY where he was a trustee. Under his leadership, Rice (Catholic) High School won first place in New York's FIRST ROBOTICS contest.
Woody has been on talk radio, TV, magazines and a panelist at energy and environmental events including the Congressional Caucus' braintrust and other Washington organization "Think Tanks". He is a past member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA), and in that capacity has published four technical papers distributed worldwide. He chaired the U.S. Dept. of Energy sponsored workshop for the proliferation of District Heat and Power systems.
He is an Alumni Polytechnic University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He attended Duke University's Fuqua School of Business for executive studies. Awarded a certificate in Electric Power Systems Engineering with distributed generation technologies given by the international firm of Power Technology Inc. He completed the Asea Brown Boveri combined cycle and heat recovery steam generator course. He holds the distinction of being a visiting professor and has received letters of recognition and certificates of appreciation for teaching courses in engineering, business economics and career awareness at colleges and universities throughout the United States. He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma, the Honorary Mechanical Engineering Society and was considered for the position of Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Dept. of Energy. He has received numerous letters of commendation from dignitaries including President Clinton, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, Secretary of State Colin Powell (retired) and Mayor of NYC, Rudolph Giuliani for his assistance in various international, national and local programs. He is a recipient of the James E. Stewart award for energy and was recognized at the World Famous Apollo Theatre by the Office of Black Ministry of the Archdiocese of New York for his involvement in the education of inner-city youth. He has received proclamations from the Boston and New Orleans City Councils for leadership. Woody was Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of the largest resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and had the honor of being a judge in the Miss America Scholarship Pageant.