EMILYs List Endorses Regina Montoya for Mayor of Dallas

For Immediate Release
March 15, 2019

EMILYs List Endorses Regina Montoya for Mayor of Dallas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Regina Montoya for mayor of Dallas, Texas. Stephanie Schriock, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement: 

“After decades of serving Dallas as a private citizen, Regina Montoya is prepared to lead the city as mayor. She has been at the forefront of the fight against poverty and has led the way in identifying and creating opportunities for Dallas residents to succeed. In addition to serving at a local level, Regina’s federal government and corporate experience has given her the skills to effectively convene people with different perspectives in order to work toward the greater good. Her strong qualifications and commitment to improving Dallas will make her an excellent mayor, and EMILYs List is proud to support her.”

Regina Montoya has spent nearly five decades in the Dallas area, serving on a variety of nonprofit and corporate boards. She served as President Clinton’s director of  intergovernmental affairs in the 1990s before becoming CEO of the New America Alliance and taking on several leadership roles at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Most recently, Regina served as co-chair of the mayor’s poverty task force, which led to the founding of the Children’s Poverty Action Lab. Regina graduated from Wellesley College and Harvard Law School. She and her husband, a former U.S. attorney for the northern district of Texas, have one grown daughter.

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