Bruce Eric Montgomery
Commissioner, Illinois Commission of Equity & Inclusion
Bruce Montgomery is a widely recognized and active contributor to Chicago’s Business, Technology and Cultural communities. He is the Founder and President of Montgomery & Company, a digital media, information and communications technology company. Bruce is also the Founder, executive producer and host of Technology Access Television and Bruce on Business, Chicago’s long running TV news and radio shows covering Business, Technology and Innovation.
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In 2016 Bruce opened The Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP) in Chicago’s Englewood community. This nationally recognized and innovative program provides 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 graduated over 300+ program participants empowering many to live their dreams.
Bruce has built a strong knowledge base in business development within the service industries through practical experience in the public and private sectors of education, government, economic development, construction, health care, professional services, broadband infrastructure, software development and digital media enterprises.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker appointed Bruce to the Commission on Equity & Inclusion to implement a new vision for diversity, equity and inclusion in the state.
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.