Alan Reyes joined Spirit of America in April 2024. As Chief of International Operations, he sets the operational strategy and leads Spirit of America’s global operations organization to continually identify, develop, and execute opportunities to make an asymmetrical impact on US national security objectives and to promote freedom, democracy, and prosperity around the world.

Alan brings over 30 years of leadership experience, spanning not-for-profit, military, and high-growth start-up organization, and he serves on multiple fiduciary boards and advisory boards. Prior to Spirit of America, Alan served as Chief Operating Officer of United Service Organizations (USO), providing executive leadership for global operations and programs, information technology and cybersecurity, and merger/post-merger integration activities. Prior to his tenure with the USO, he rapidly scaled operations for K12 Inc., a start-up for-profit education technology company, leading to its successful public offering.

In addition to his private sector experience, Alan served in the US Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral and as the Navy Reserve’s senior logistics officer. During his Navy career, Alan made multiple worldwide deployments, including service aboard a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, command of expeditionary logistics units, and multiple humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations.

His flag officer assignments included Deputy Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, the US Navy’s global supply chain organization; Commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Group, providing expeditionary logistics capabilities to geographic combatant commanders across the globe; and Reserve Director, Logistics, Fleet Supply, and Ordnance, US Pacific Fleet.

Alan is a graduate of the US Naval Academy, the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program.