Patsy Johnson Honored with Women of Western Wake Award 

Congratulations to Patsy Johnson, president of TowneBank Cary, who was selected as a 2023 Women of Western Wake. Cary Magazine created the Women of Western Wake awards in 2005 to honor and celebrate outstanding women in the Cary area. Patsy joined four other honorees at a forum last fall that included workshops and a panel discussion with the award winners. 

Cary Magazine featured Patsy in their September 2023 issue with an engaging story about her long career in banking. Here are some excerpts from the article: 

A North Carolina native, Johnson moved to Cary in 1986 as a novice in the banking industry. Today she’s the president of TowneBank Cary, nearing 50 years of marriage to her high-school sweetheart, and still hits the slopes at her family’s annual ski vacation. 

“I’ve had a really fortunate life,” Johnson said. “I have a good husband. I have a good son. I have a profession that has allowed me to grow. And it has also allowed me to develop many, many, many relationships over the years — and do it in one place.” 

That individual-centered approach is reflected in TowneBank’s business practices. “TowneBank is about relationships,” Johnson said. “It’s not about transactions. The members that we deal with are those individuals that do indeed value relationships.” 

A key element to building those relationships, Johnson believes, is compassion — with a side of business acumen, of course. “I don’t do compassion just for compassion’s sake, and I don’t do strategy just for strategy’s sake,” she revealed. “You can combine the two.” 

Johnson’s overall outlook – “You need to figure out what it is in life that provides you focus, provides you a sense of accomplishment,” she advised. “In any situation, I think you have to be very accommodating, patient, forgiving, because life … it’s something you have to work at.” 

The Towne family joins in celebrating Patsy on this well-deserved honor.