Buddy Gill
Chief Advocacy Officer
Texas Credit Union League
(Austin, Texas)

Buddy Gill serves as Chief Advocacy Officer for the Texas Credit Union League.  He is responsible for strategy and management of all the Texas League’s legislative, regulatory, and political initiatives.

Buddy has worked on more credit union political issues than probably any other political consultant in America today.  He is respected and known for his exceptional strategic and communications skills, helping the credit union movement win critical political, legislative, and regulatory battles.

Among credit union leaders, Buddy is best known as a key architect, strategist and day-to-day tactician behind the highly acclaimed Credit Union Campaign for Consumer Choice (HR 1151) – the 1998 grassroots-driven victory in Congress.

For several years he was a national political consultant to the Credit Union National Association and worked with numerous state Leagues across the country.

Before becoming part of the credit union movement, Buddy worked in DC-based Public Affairs and polling firms.  He also operated Gill Strategies & Research up until joining the Texas Credit Union League in 2003.

Buddy is a veteran of over 120 political campaigns spanning 40 states. The New York Times and The Washington Times have featured Buddy in stories on cutting edge techniques in issue campaigns and grassroots-based advocacy. In 1998, Campaigns and Elections magazine named him “Rising Star In American Politics.” 

Buddy has received the Certified Association Executive or CAE designation from the American Society of Association Executives.  He grew up in Louisiana and graduated from Tulane University, and now resides in Austin, Texas.