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Regina Montoya

Attorney, TV Commentator & Latina Advocate

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Regina Montoya Biography

Ms. Montoya 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. She is currently working on a book about the importance of incorporating Latinos into the economic, political and social fabric of America, and she is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of issues including health care, poverty, diversity and children.

Ms. Montoya ran for Mayor of Dallas in 2019, the first Latina to run for this position. Most recently, Ms. Montoya was the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and was the Chair of the Dallas Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty. Under her leadership, the task force identified key drivers of poverty and presented several recommendations to reduce poverty and close the opportunity gap. One of its greatest successes was creating a systemic and operationalized approach to reducing the child poverty rate from 38% to 31%, and it played a pivotal role in shining a light on the pervasive social and economic impacts of poverty on Dallas residents.

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. In addition, Ms. Montoya was awarded the Latina Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Women’s Advocacy Award from Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, the La Luz Achievement Award from the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, and the Pioneer for Justice Award from the Los Angeles-based Mexican American Bar Foundation.

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.

Previously, Ms. Montoya 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. In addition, she was the chief executive officer of the New America Alliance, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the economic advancement of the American Latino community.

A leader in the nonprofit community, Ms. Montoya is the immediate past-Chair of the Board of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. (National Board), the Texas Book Festival, the Center for Public Policy Priorities, the SMU Tate Lecture Series, and she serves on the Texas Lyceum Advisory Council. In addition, Regina is a Hunt Institute Fellow at Southern Methodist University and serves as a member of the UNT Dallas Foundation Board of Directors.

Speaking Topics
  • Latinos: America's Growing Voice

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  • How do I book Regina Montoya to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Regina Montoya for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Regina Montoya, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Regina Montoya or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Regina Montoya

    Speaking fees for Regina Montoya, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Regina Montoya are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Regina Montoya, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Regina Montoya speak about?

    Regina Montoya is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Culture, Diversity Speakers, Education, Executive Leaders, Law, Leadership Speakers, Political Speakers, Speakers by Industry.
  • Where does Regina Montoya travel from?

    Regina Montoya generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Regina Montoya’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Regina Montoya for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Regina Montoya for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Regina Montoya or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Regina Montoya Biography

Ms. Montoya 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. She is currently working on a book about the importance of incorporating Latinos into the economic, political and social fabric of America, and she is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of issues including health care, poverty, diversity and children.

Ms. Montoya ran for Mayor of Dallas in 2019, the first Latina to run for this position. Most recently, Ms. Montoya was the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and was the Chair of the Dallas Mayor’s Task Force on Poverty. Under her leadership, the task force identified key drivers of poverty and presented several recommendations to reduce poverty and close the opportunity gap. One of its greatest successes was creating a systemic and operationalized approach to reducing the child poverty rate from 38% to 31%, and it played a pivotal role in shining a light on the pervasive social and economic impacts of poverty on Dallas residents.

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. In addition, Ms. Montoya was awarded the Latina Lawyer of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Women’s Advocacy Award from Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas, the La Luz Achievement Award from the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, and the Pioneer for Justice Award from the Los Angeles-based Mexican American Bar Foundation.

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.

Previously, Ms. Montoya 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. In addition, she was the chief executive officer of the New America Alliance, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the economic advancement of the American Latino community.

A leader in the nonprofit community, Ms. Montoya is the immediate past-Chair of the Board of the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. (National Board), the Texas Book Festival, the Center for Public Policy Priorities, the SMU Tate Lecture Series, and she serves on the Texas Lyceum Advisory Council. In addition, Regina is a Hunt Institute Fellow at Southern Methodist University and serves as a member of the UNT Dallas Foundation Board of Directors.

Regina Montoya Speaking Topics

  • Latinos: America's Growing Voice

Regina Montoya Videos

  • Regina Montoya - DBJ Minority Business Leader
  • Regina Montoya - Award for Service to Women & Girls - YouTube

FAQs on booking Regina Montoya

  • How do I book Regina Montoya to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Regina Montoya for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Regina Montoya, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Regina Montoya or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Regina Montoya

    Speaking fees for Regina Montoya, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Regina Montoya are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Regina Montoya, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Regina Montoya speak about?

    Regina Montoya is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Business, Culture, Diversity Speakers, Education, Executive Leaders, Law, Leadership Speakers, Political Speakers, Speakers by Industry.
  • Where does Regina Montoya travel from?

    Regina Montoya generally travels from an undisclosed location, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Regina Montoya’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Regina Montoya for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Regina Montoya for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Regina Montoya or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Regina Montoya is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Latinos: America's Growing Voice. The estimated speaking fee range to book Regina Montoya for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Regina Montoya generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Tonya Lewis Lee, Erin Gruwell and Marian Wright Edelman. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Regina Montoya for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Regina Montoya Speaking Topics

  • Latinos: America's Growing Voice

Regina Montoya Speaker Videos

  • Regina Montoya - DBJ Minority Business Leader
    Regina Montoya - Award for Service to Women & Girls - YouTube

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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