The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance announced on Friday that Robert McCutcheon will join the organization as president and CEO effective Monday. McCutcheon succeeds Andrea Smith, who was interim president and CEO of the organization since May 2024. McCutcheon previously served as president and CEO of Husqvarna North America in Charlotte.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.