Betty Romero
Commissioner Betty Romero, Vice Chair of the Montgomery County Commission for Women, is a longtime advocate for women and girls and a recognized leader in longevity and social innovation. She is the Founder of the Future Proof Longevity Impact Lab and previously served as Director of the Maryland Multisector Plan on Aging and Age-Friendly Initiatives, where she led groundbreaking strategic planning efforts to prepare communities for the realities of a 100-year life.
With a dynamic career spanning the financial, government, and tech sectors, Betty brings extensive expertise in strategic planning, systems transformation, and capacity building. Her decades of work at the intersection of policy, equity, and innovation have established her as a driving force behind age-friendly initiatives and economic inclusion for older adults, family caregivers, and women throughout the lifespan.
Betty currently chairs the Care Economy Committee at the Office of the Comptroller’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Council, where she advocates for policies that recognize care as vital economic infrastructure. She also serves on various boards and commissions aimed at promoting gender parity, workforce inclusion, and multigenerational policy solutions.
A multicultural and multilingual consensus builder, Betty advises government leaders, moderates national panels, and speaks to global audiences. She inspires bold thinking about designing communities and economies that work for all ages. Along with her husband, she has proudly raised three strong, independent daughters in Montgomery County, MD.
Betty is a bilingual global citizen who, with her husband, raised three strong and independent women in Bethesda, MD. The gap in her employment history supported a spouse's career in international development, allowing her family to travel all over the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia.