The Honorable Michael Montelongo, a career soldier, public official, and corporate executive, is president and chief executive officer of GRC Advisory Services, LLC and most recently was chief administrative officer and senior vice president for Sodexo, Inc. He is also a senior advisor at leadership Forward, a premier leadership performance firm serving Fortune 500 and small business clients. An experienced c-level and corporate governance leader for commercial, public sector, and non-profit organizations and NACD Board Leadership Fellow, Montelongo brings a broad service industry skill set in facilities and food service management, outsourced technical services, telecommunications, professional services, and aerospace/defense, including service in the U.S. Senate, the Pentagon, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

He is a Bush White House appointee who served as the 19th assistant secretary for financial management and chief financial officer of the US Air Force and concluded his Pentagon tenure as acting secretary of the Air Force. A public policy expert, Montelongo is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Before joining the Bush administration, Montelongo was an executive with a global management consulting firm and 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.

Active in civic leadership, 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, Montelongo earned his bachelor’s degree in science from West Point and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Besides corporate and military awards and the highest decorations for Exceptional Civilian Service in the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), he is featured in several nationally-recognized Latino publications including being twice-listed in Hispanic Business Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Hispanics; NACD Directorship magazine profiled him in its Board Fellow Spotlight feature; and Private Company Director magazine named him one of its 2018 Directors to Watch.