Bruce Montgomery

Commissioner Illinois Commission on Equity and Inclusion

State of Illinois, Business Enterprise Program

Bruce Montgomery is the founder of Montgomery & Company, a digital media, information, and communications technology company. Bruce is also the founder, executive producer, and host of Technology Access Television, Chicago’s longest-running weekly TV news show covering Technology and Innovation. In 2016 Bruce opened The Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP) in Chicago’s Englewood

community. This nationally recognized and innovative program provided Small Business Counseling, Business Development Workshops, Entrepreneurial Education, Access to Capital, and Personal Credit & Money Management services free of charge to constituents on Chicago’s South Side and Citywide. The program is now known as The Entrepreneur Success Program (ESP) using an updated curriculum that has graduated over 300+ program participants.

Governor JB Pritzker appointed Bruce to serve as a commissioner on the newly established Commission on Equity and Inclusion (CEI) to assist minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and veterans, build their American dream by providing fair access to job and contracting opportunities with the State of Illinois. Mr. Montgomery majored in marketing at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and attended Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.