Dr. Hector Montenegro, President/CEO of Montenegro Consulting Group, LLC, has been a Senior District Advisor for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and currently works with districts and administrators nationally and internationally on systemic implementation of SEL and parent engagement. He is also a Senior Associate for Margarita Calderon and Associates (MC&A) and provides training on instructional strategies for English Learners (EL), leadership development for administrators, language and literacy, instructional coaching, and parent engagement. They just completed their third book on integrating SEL with instructional strategies for ELs.

Dr. Montenegro has been a math teacher, principal, Chief of Staff for the DC Public Schools and Superintendent of three school districts in Texas. He is an internationally recognized speaker and presenter of 100s of workshops, leadership development seminars, retreats, keynote speeches and webinars on SEL and on effective instructional strategies throughout the US and abroad in over 23 countries. He has been an educational advisor to Chile, Peru, Guatemala and Saudi Arabia through the U.S. State Department and Ministries of Education. He also serves on several national boards including New York City's Leadership Academy (TLA), Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL board chair) and the Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) program.

Dr. Montenegro was one of the founding members of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) and served as the CoAcademic Administrator of the ALAS Superintendents Leadership Academy (SLA). He is a volunteer for the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation working on projects in Brazil, El Salvador, Peru, Guatemala and Uganda. He obtained his masters from Stanford University and doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.