Danny Hilliard
{{Short description|American politician (born 1957)}}
{{ infobox officeholder
| image =
| caption =
| office = Speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2004
| predecessor =
| successor = Susan Winchester
| state_house2 = Oklahoma
| district2 = 22nd
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 2004
| predecessor2 = Gary Coffee
| successor2 = Wes Hilliard
| relatives = Wes Hilliard (nephew)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|2|4}}
| birth_place = Sulphur, Oklahoma, U.S.
| party = Democratic Party
| education = East Central University
}}
Danny Hilliard (born February 4, 1957) is an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004.
Biography
Danny Hilliard was born on February 4, 1957, in Sulphur, Oklahoma. He graduated from the College of Mortuary Science in Dallas, Texas, and from East Central University in 2000.{{cite web |title=Danny Hilliard's Biography |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/24500/danny-hilliard |website=votesmart.org |publisher=Votesmart |access-date=March 25, 2025}} From 1990 to 2004, he represented the 22nd district of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. In 2004, he was appointed as a vice president at the University of Oklahoma. In 2015, he was appointed as the Chickasaw Nation's vice president of corporate development.{{cite news |title=Former OU vice president Hilliard hired by Chickasaw Nation |url=https://www.normantranscript.com/news/university_of_oklahoma/former-ou-vice-president-hilliard-hired-by-chickasaw-nation/article_5bb2b89b-b6bb-58bf-ad8a-1e744e42c854.html |access-date=March 25, 2025 |work=The Norman Transcript |date=July 30, 2015}} In 2021, he was named the Chickasaw Nation's president of corporate development.{{cite news |title=Danny Hilliard Named President of Corporate Development for Chickasaw Nation |url=https://www.indiangaming.com/danny-hilliard-named-president-of-corporate-development-for-chickasaw-nation/ |access-date=March 25, 2025 |work=Indian Gaming |date=December 14, 2021}}
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Category:20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Category:East Central University alumni
Category:People from Sulphur, Oklahoma