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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and |
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talents to benefit their fellow citizens make the world a better |
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place through their actions and their example, and Regina Montoya |
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of Dallas is being recognized for her exceptional community service |
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by being named a recipient of a 2015 Profiles in Leadership Award; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Montoya is co-chair of Dallas Mayor Mike |
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Rawlings's Task Force on Poverty as well as a member of the |
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Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport board of directors; a |
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longtime leader in the nonprofit community, she has also served on |
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the boards of Girls Inc., the Texas Book Festival, Texas Health |
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Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, ChildCareGroup, the Texas Business |
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Hall of Fame, the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, and the Dallas |
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Friday Group; her many honors include the Dallas Minority Business |
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Leader Award from the Dallas Business Journal, the Real Woman Award |
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from the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, the Lifetime Achievement |
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Award from the Texas Minority Counsel Program of the State Bar of |
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Texas, and the Pioneer for Justice Award from the Mexican American |
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Bar Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Harvard Law School, Ms. Montoya was |
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among the first Latinas to earn partnership in a major American |
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corporate law firm; she served in the White House in 1993 as an |
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assistant to President Bill Clinton and as director of the Office of |
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Intergovernmental Affairs, and in 1998, she was nominated by the |
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president to serve as a representative to the United Nations |
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General Assembly; from 2005 to 2008, she was the chief executive |
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officer of the New America Alliance, and from 2009 to 2014, she was |
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senior vice president for external relations and general counsel |
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for the Children's Medical Center of Dallas; and |
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WHEREAS, The strength and unity of our communities are |
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enhanced by the devoted efforts of individuals such as Regina |
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Montoya, whose tireless work has contributed immeasurably to the |
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quality of life in Dallas; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Regina Montoya on her receipt of a |
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2015 Profiles in Leadership Award and commend her on her exemplary |
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record of civic engagement; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Montoya as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |