TITLE: Honoring Regina Montoya on her receipt of a 2015 Profiles in Leadership Award.

SUMMARY: Honoring Regina Montoya on her receipt of a 2015 Profiles in Leadership Award.

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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and talents to benefit their fellow citizens make the world a better place through their actions and their example, and Regina Montoya of Dallas is being recognized for her exceptional community service by being named a recipient of a 2015 Profiles in Leadership Award; and WHEREAS, Ms. Montoya is co-chair of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings's Task Force on Poverty as well as a member of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport board of directors; a longtime leader in the nonprofit community, she has also served on the boards of Girls Inc., the Texas Book Festival, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, ChildCareGroup, the Texas Business Hall of Fame, the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, and the Dallas Friday Group; her many honors include the Dallas Minority Business Leader Award from the Dallas Business Journal,the Real Woman Award from the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Minority Counsel Program of the State Bar of Texas, and the Pioneer for Justice Award from the Mexican American Bar Foundation; and WHEREAS, A graduate of Harvard Law School, Ms. Montoya was among the first Latinas to earn partnership in a major American corporate law firm; she served in the White House in 1993 as an assistant to President Bill Clinton and as director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and in 1998, she was nominated by the president to serve as a representative to the United Nations General Assembly; from 2005 to 2008, she was the chief executive officer of the New America Alliance, and from 2009 to 2014, she was senior vice president for external relations and general counsel for the Children's Medical Center of Dallas; and WHEREAS, The strength and unity of our communities are enhanced by the devoted efforts of individuals such as Regina Montoya, whose tireless work has contributed immeasurably to the quality of life in Dallas; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Regina Montoya on her receipt of a 2015 Profiles in Leadership Award and commend her on her exemplary record of civic engagement; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Montoya as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Giddings Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba Fletcher Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2838 was adopted by the House on May 18, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House