B. Don Farris Biography

Brigadier General B. Don Farris (Ret.) is a Project Lead for consulting engagements. He currently leads the McChrystal Group effort at a premier global apparel and consumer goods company.

Billy Don retired from the United States Army in 2013, after more than 30 years on active duty. Much of his career was spent as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division commanding Soldiers at every level from company through brigade.

Billy Don understands and actively participated in the complex decision-making process at the most senior levels of the Department of Defense while serving in key staff assignments for the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Secretary of the Army, the Under-Secretary of Defense (Policy), and as the senior operational planner in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He has over 4 years of combat leadership experience following multiple operational tours in Panama, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Most notably, in 2007, Billy Don commanded the lead brigade task force of 5 additional Army brigades deployed in support of the historic surge in Iraq.

Billy Don graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1983. He holds a Masters of Military Arts and Science from the United States Army Command & General Staff College and served as a National Security Studies Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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