Sue Montoya-Bell has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Cal Poly Pomona, a Master’s degree in Social Work from USC and post graduate education from Cal State Fullerton and Cal State San Marcos. Sue has been a licensed clinical social worker since 1987 and has post graduate certificates in gerontology, case management and palliative care.
She has worked in the social service field since 1980 when she volunteered at the youth prison (YTS) in Chino and completed an undergraduate internship at CPS. Since that time, Sue has worked approximately 12 years in community mental health and private practice. She also worked 5 years in Home Health services, and nearly 28 years in an acute hospital setting providing social service and case management services. In most of her jobs, she has also provided administrative and clinical oversight to the departments she has worked in. She has been involved with multiple schools of Social Work, providing clinical supervision for interns from Cal Poly Pomona, Azusa Pacific, USC, Loma Linda, Cal State LA, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State San Bernardino.
Sue has a passion for serving the community and was recognized in 2016 Inland Empire Magazine as a “Woman of Distinction” for her extensive outreach and collaborations with various community programs serving the area’s neediest populations. Because of Sue’s skills in addressing needs from the micro to the macro levels, she has been instrumental in enhancing HSA’s community partnerships to improve the overall continuum of care.