Patty Young joined Smith Dukes in 2018, as a Staff Accountant with over thirty years of accounting experience working in the small business development and client services department.

She has an extensive background in handling accounting and payroll services for trade associations, non-profit organizations, real estate, and medical practices, and various small business clients.

Patty is an honors graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, where she was on the Dean’s List and served as an officer of the honorary Business fraternity. As a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Patty served as Treasurer, Vice President, and later, as an officer on the Alumni Board, and House Chairman at Louisiana State University.

Her community involvement included the Junior League in Texas and Louisiana, where she served on the Board of Directors, as Marketing Vice President, and community volunteer for over twenty years and in many chair positions. She is also a graduate of the Leadership Class sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce while in Texas and Louisiana.