Regina Montoya is the CEO and Chairperson of Regina T. Montoya, PLLC. She is a Harvard-trained attorney who has been nationally recognized as one of the top lawyers in the country, and she is a former award-winning television commentator. Ms. Montoya is a frequent public speaker on a wide range ...
Read moreRegina Montoya is the CEO and Chairperson of Regina T. Montoya, PLLC. She is a Harvard-trained attorney who has been nationally recognized as one of the top lawyers in the country, and she is a former award-winning television commentator. Ms. Montoya is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of issues, including education, healthcare, poverty, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
One of the first Latinas to earn partnership in a major corporate law firm in the United States, Ms. Montoya received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Minority Counsel Program of the State Bar of Texas. The American Bar Association selected Ms. Montoya as a recipient in 2020 of the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.
In 1993, Ms. Montoya served in the White House as an Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1998, she was nominated by the President to serve as a U.S. Representative to the 53rd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Ms. Montoya also served as the Senior Vice President, External Relations and General Counsel at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, the seventh-largest pediatric health care provider in the nation.
A leader in the nonprofit community, Ms. Montoya is a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation, the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF), Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities), the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Inc. (Secretary of the Board), Dallas Education Foundation (Dallas ISD), the League of Women Voters of Dallas and the SMU Tate Lecture Series.
Ms. Montoya is a National Co-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and is a member of the Rules Committee of the DNC 2020 Convention and the National Finance Committee for Biden for President. She is a Board member of the Latino Victory Fund and Emerge America.
She has received numerous awards for her corporate, philanthropic and nonprofit accomplishments. Among her awards are the Harvard Alumni Association Award, the Susan B. Anthony Award from the League of Women Voters of Dallas, the “Can Do!” Award from the Wilkinson Center and the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Real Woman Award. Ms. Montoya has been recognized by numerous publications for her achievements, including Hispanic Executive Magazine, which featured her on the cover of its July/August/September 2014 edition and Hispanic Business magazine, which twice named her one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the US.
Ms. Montoya earned her B.A. from Wellesley College, where she is a Trustee Emerita, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She also has served as vice president and elected director of the Harvard University Alumni Association.
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