Michael Montelongo is senior vice president and chief administrative officer for Sodexo, Inc. a $6.7 billion, 120,000-person enterprise. Previously, Mr. Montelongo was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of the Air Force where he served as its chief financial officer responsible for a budget of more than $120 billion and financing two major combat operations. He concluded his tenure at the Pentagon as acting secretary of the Air Force. Before joining the Bush administration, he was a sales executive and consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, and earlier served as director for sales and service support with BellSouth Telecommunications. Mr. Montelongo completed a career in the U.S. Army serving as a congressional fellow in the U.S. Senate, special assistant to the Army Chief of Staff, special assistant to the commander in chief of U.S. Southern Command, and as assistant professor teaching economics and political science at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He earned his bachelor’s degree in science from West Point and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. He is listed in Hispanic Business Magazine’s "100 Most Influential Hispanics" and in Hispanic Engineer Magazine’s "50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business." Mr. Montelongo also serves on the board of directors for Denny’s Corporation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advisory Council.
