About Pilar
Pilar Montoya is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the premier national organization aimed at increasing the number of Hispanics contributing to the nation's innovation and technology future. Under her leadership, SHPE has launched innovative national programs that ensure that more Hispanics will lead in technological solutions of the future.
Ms. Montoya has been recognized as the Top 100 Women in STEM by US News and World Reports and US STEM Connector, she also serves on the NASA STEM Advisory Council and serves as an inspirational speaker at conferences nationally
Among programs she has helped create include the Corporate Readiness Program with Johnson & Johnson Corporation, the Tu Futuro national initiative with Naval Sea Systems Command and has lead a large army of STEM ambassadors to create SHPE student chapters in high schools and universities across America.
Ms. Montoya brings over 25 years of business and financial management for private companies and non-profits. Ms. Montoya was the Founder and President of a nationally acclaimed Hispanic Marketing agency with corporate, governmental and non-profit clients. She was in the forefront of Hispanic marketing efforts managing accounts for companies such as Del Monte Foods, US Postal Service and California Five-A-Day.
Outside of her professional achievements, Montoya has been recognized as both a community and business leader. She has been featured as a Woman in Leadership publication two years in a row. For her civic contributions, she was recognized with a California Assembly resolution for efforts with Latino youth, an American Cancer Society volunteer award, and the Child Abuse Prevention Council Volunteer of the Year Recognition. Additionally she has received five advertising awards from Hispanic Business Magazine's "Se Habla Espanol" advertising award.
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