President/CEO of Montenegro Consulting Group, LLC, is currently Senior District Advisor for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and works with districts and administrators nationally and internationally on systemic implementation of SEL. He is also a Senior Associate for Margarita Calderon and Associates (MC&A) and provides training on instructional strategies for ELLs, leadership development for administrators, language and literacy, instructional coaching, and parent engagement.
Dr. Montenegro has been a math teacher, principal, Chief of Staff and Superintendent of Schools in Texas. He is an internationally recognized speaker and presenter of 100s of workshops, leadership development seminars, retreats, keynote speeches and webinars on SEL, mindfulness, effective instructional strategies throughout the US and abroad in over 23 countries. He has been an educational advisor to Chile, Peru and Saudi Arabia through the U.S. State Department.
He has received numerous awards including: National Technology Savvy Superintendents Award, TCEA Texas Technology Superintendent of the Year award, State-Wide Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE) Honoree Award for Public Education, and the National LULAC Educator of the Year award. He also serves on several national boards including the New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA), Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL board chair) and the Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV). Dr. Montenegro was one of the founding members of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) in 2003 and is currently the Co-Academic Administrator of the ALAS Superintendent's Leadership Academy (SLA). He serves as a volunteer for the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation working on projects in Brazil, El Salvador, Peru and Uganda. He obtained his masters from Stanford University and doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.
