Michael Montelongo

Director at Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd & The Larry H. Miller Group of Companies

Speaker

A career soldier, presidential appointee, and corporate executive, the Honorable Michael Montelongo is president and chief executive officer of GRC Advisory Services, LLC, a private board governance firm. He is also a senior advisor at leadershipForward, a premier leadership performance firm serving Fortune 500 and small business clients. Most recently, he was chief administrative officer and senior vice president, public policy and corporate affairs, and chief strategy officer for Sodexo, Inc. A frequent board governance speaker and panelist, Mr. Montelongo serves on the boards of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd, the Larry H. Miller Management Corporation, Exostar LLC, and Aerospace Corporation.

He is a former Bush White House appointee who served as the 19th assistant secretary for financial management and chief financial officer of the U.S. Air Force, the first Hispanic-American to hold that office. After concluding his Pentagon tenure as acting secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Montelongo served for nine years on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advisory Council. Before joining the Bush administration, he was an executive with a global management consulting firm, a regional telecommunications company, and completed a career in the U.S. Army, a Congressional Fellowship in the U.S. Senate, and service as an assistant professor teaching economics and political science at West Point. A public policy expert, Mr. Montelongo is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Active in civic leadership, Mr. Montelongo volunteers for organizations that expand opportunities for young people, support community health and wellness, assist veterans, and promote national service. The first in his extended family to attend college, Mr. Montelongo earned his bachelor’s degree in science from West Point and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.