Colonel Darryl Ladd Pattillo, USA (Ret.), is a retired U.S. Army Reserve officer, attorney, and municipal financial advisor. Following 33 years of military service, he retired as a Colonel of Airborne Infantry in 2000. He subsequently returned to active duty in 2005 for Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as Deputy Brigade Commander of Task Force Dragon in Iraq. His military service included senior legislative liaison assignments, and his decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Bronze Star Medal.
In his civilian career, Colonel Pattillo served as Assistant Attorney General of Texas for public finance before establishing D. Ladd Pattillo & Associates, Inc., an independent municipal financial advisory firm. From 1991 to 2015, the firm was responsible for originating and issuing more than $7 billion in financings. His public service includes serving on the Texas Veterans Land Board, as President of the Eanes Independent School District Board of Trustees, and as National President of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. He also chaired the Association’s Board of Trustees.
Colonel Pattillo holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law. He is a Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre and a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is a Patron of the Saint John XXIII Foundation and a contributor to its Father Vincent R. Capodanno seminarian scholarship.