Carey Woods is a graduate of Sevier County High School and has used her decades of experience in the Sevier County School System to guide Pi Beta Phi as Principal for the past 6 years. She served as the Assistant Principal of Pi Beta Phi for 3 years prior to becoming principal. 

She earned her B.A. from Carson-Newman in 1992, her M.A. from Tusculum in 1995, and her Ed.S. from Lincoln Memorial University in 1997.

Ms. Woods has one daughter, Makenna, a 2022 graduate of Vanderbilt University.