Bio

Gaye Montgomery is an attorney and mom to two adult children. She is also the founding member of Montgomery Compliance Law PLLC (www.montgomerycompliance.com), a risk and compliance advisory practice, and a member of the Board of Managers of Grubb Properties LLC, where she chairs the firm’s Audit Committee.

Gaye’s passion, however, is building and nurturing The Women’s Compliance Collective, a global group of (currently 1000+) women in organizational compliance roles.

During her 20-year career with Altria, she spent more than ten years on the law department’s leadership team and led a number of law department practice groups, including Global Compliance; International Sales & Marketing; Sales; Sales & Marketing; Marketing, Communications & Corporate Responsibility; and Employment. 

Prior to joining Altria, Gaye was an associate at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City, which she joined after a judicial clerkship with a U.S. District Court Judge.

Gaye received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University, after which she worked for three years as a Systems Engineer before leaving to attend Yale Law School from which she received her J.D. degree.

Gaye holds professional certifications in cyber security oversight, information management, and European data protection and is admitted to practice law in the United States (New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia) and the United Kingdom. Gaye is also a Board Certified Coach, having completed executive coaching programs at the College of Executive Coaching and Case Western University’s Weatherhead School of Management, among others.

Gaye brings more than twenty years’ experience on nonprofit boards across a broad range of industries and sectors: financial, education, hospital hospitality, legal, business, civic, religious, and philanthropic). 

Gaye lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she taught as an Adjunct Professor (Antitrust) at the University of Richmond Law School and currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Richmond Ballet.