About me
Regina Montoya is Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Regina T. Montoya, PLLC and Executive Director of the Tricolor Foundation. A Harvard-trained attorney, nationally recognized legal leader, and former award-winning television commentator, she has spent her career advancing educational opportunity, civic engagement, and economic mobility for Latino communities through law, public policy, and philanthropy.
Montoya served as Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where she worked with state and local leaders across the country. President Clinton also nominated her to serve as a United States Representative to the 53rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly. More recently, she served as a Commissioner on President Biden's Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics. She has also served as General Counsel for Children's Medical Center Dallas and was one of the first Latinas to become a partner at a major corporate law firm in the United States.
Throughout her career, Montoya has been a leader in civic and nonprofit organizations, serving as President of the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation and on the boards of MALDEF, Every Texan, the National Development Council, the Dallas Education Foundation, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society, Latino Victory Fund, and numerous other organizations dedicated to expanding opportunity and strengthening communities. She also serves as National Co-Chair of the Democratic National Committee Women's Leadership Forum and has held leadership roles with Emerge, No Kid Hungry, WiNGS, and the Texas Book Festival.
A graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Law School, Montoya has received many of the legal profession's highest honors, including the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, the Hispanic National Bar Association's Latina Lawyer of the Year Award, and the Texas Minority Counsel Program Lifetime Achievement Award. Her career reflects a simple belief that leadership is about opening doors for others and using public service to create lasting opportunity for future generations.
