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First elected in the 2002 Democratic primary as Santa Fe County Commissioner and successfully re-elected in 2006 (ran unopposed), Commissioner Montoya brings a tremendous amount of knowledge, experience and a proven record of public service. In addition to representing the people of New Mexico on the County Commission, Harry Montoya also served the families of Northern New Mexico and their children as a former two term member of the Pojoaque Valley School Board. In 1994, he was appointed to the Pojoaque Valley School Board, elected in 1995, and re-elected in 1999 (ran unopposed). Harry Montoya served as President of the New Mexico School Boards Association, as well as on various committees for the National School Boards Association. He is currently on the National Association of Counties (NACo) Board of Directors, representing New Mexico, and has been Chairman of the Labor and Employment Steering Committee for NACo for two years, being appointed by the President of NACo. In September of 2002, he was recognized by De Colores, Inc. as the recipient of the Business Leadership Award. He has also served on the National Board of Directors for the National Drug Prevention League and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and now serves on the Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board (NALWDB). He also serves on numerous Boards at the local level, including the Buckman Direct Diversion Project (Chairman), Extraterritorial Zoning Authority, Regional Planning Authority, Solid Waste Management Authority, and New Mexico DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) Grant Council. Harry has also consulted with the US American Embassy to the Countries of Argentina and Mexico as a professional in the area of substance abuse prevention and assisting these Countries in the development of substance abuse prevention programs.
Harry is a native New Mexican, born and raised in district three. Harry is married to Doris (28 years) and they have two children, Brian, age 27, and Angelo, age 22, a daughter-in-law Andrea, age 26 and also has four grandchildren, Rafael, age 8, Lourdes, age 6, Marireyna, age 1, and Galatia, 3 months.
Commissioner Montoya has a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from New Mexico State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Westmar University in LeMars, Iowa. Harry has numerous publications in journals of research he has accomplished, beginning with his Master’s Thesis, continuing through his work with HACC
As CEO of Hand Across Culture Corp. (HACC, pronounced “Hawk”), he leads a successful non-profit agency which is involved in community mobilization efforts and has taken on a much broader focus to include all types of educational, health, and social services programs. In 1998, HACC was recognized by the Clinton White House as an exemplary program for their work in the community in the area of substance abuse prevention.
He has had the opportunity to travel throughout the country (Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Washington state and DC, Oklahoma, Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, and many other states), as well as internationally (Argentina, South America, Chiapas, Mexico) to provide training and technical assistance in working with multicultural populations. He has been involved in the alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) field for the past 18 years, working both in prevention and treatment programs. He also developed a dual-diagnosis program (chemical dependency/mental health) while he worked at a psychiatric/chemical dependency hospital. Commissioner Montoya’s job includes cognitive and interactive experiential methods of community mobilization/organization, with major emphasis in intercultural participatory learning. If you want to know a little bit more about my campaign visit my website at www.montoyaforcongress.com.
Dear Harry Montoya: Thank you for YourFriendship. My eight-year-old-peace-activist son Axil Kollist's quest for World Peace Before 2021 is gaining momentum! I'm so proud of him. Please embrace him AND his song "World Peace Before 2021" which he performs beautifully. His performance can be seen on MySpace, his webpage www. worldpeacebefore2021. com and/or YouTube (by searching his name Axil Kollist.) It is my intention to post a new video of him singing his song every few months so people can watch his talent grow as impressively as the momentum for his quest! I'm sharing two photos with you. The first is of my son distributing his free world peace bumperstickers and the second photo is of him singing his song “World Peace Before 2021” at Maui's Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Day Festivities in January 08. By all means, email Axil if you’d like him to mail you one of his free “World Peace Before 2021” bumpersticker or if you’d like to invite him to sing for your function. His email address is worldpeacebefore2021@hawaii.rr.com .Very best regards, Axil's mom
Every where I travel around the district people ask me “why do you want to run for Congress?”My answer is always the same. Serving as a Congressman is about public service – not self-service. For the last fourteen years I have dedicated my life and demonstrated a commitment to public service and leadership for the people of New Mexico. I have fought for issues that are important to us, and I will continue to do so as your next Congressman. As your Congressman I promise that I will honor and protect those ideals, take our values, New Mexico values to DC and leave the DC values in Washington. I believe that the Congress has lost touch with ever day people. I want to change that. It is time to send a message to Washington that the time has come for the membership of Congress to return to a People’s Congress made up of everyday, ordinary people. I want to be a Congressman of the people…the people of northern New Mexico… and with your support and vote you will send me there and together we will make a difference!
