Charles W. Woodford (December 23, 1931 – February 21, 2009) was an American businessman and Illinois Treasurer from 1970 to 1971.

Woodford was born in Sharon, Wisconsin and received his bachelor's degree from Beloit College.

[1][2] He started his business career with Brown Brothers and Harriman and Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Woodford was later vice president and treasurer of the Horace Mann Corporation.

He became a founding board member of tech startup Networked Robotics Corporation, a scientific automation company, in 2004.