Albert L. Reyes
Albert L. Reyes is the sixth President of Buckner International, a global Christian ministry that provides humanitarian aid, volunteer missions opportunities, community enrichment and prevention programs, an international network of residential, foster care and transitional housing services, domestic and international adoption, support programs for children living in orpha¬nages in other coun¬tries, and operation
of seven senior living communities in Texas.
Reyes previously served as President of Buckner Children and Family Services, providing leadership and operational oversight to Buckner International’s children’s ministry arm.
Prior to his service at Buckner, Reyes was President of Baptist University of the Américas in San Antonio, where he led the school through dramatic change in its name and structure. Under Reyes, the school’s annual operating budget increased from $700,000 to more than $3.2 million.
Reyes also has served as a manager for Sprint’s National Customer Service Center and as pastor of three churches. He has been involved in numerous roles with the 2.5 million¬member Baptist General Convention of Texas, serving as its President in 2005.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Angelo State University and master’s and doctoral degrees from South¬western Baptist Theological Seminary. He also earned the doctor of philosophy degree from Andrews University.
He is a member of the Asociación para la Educación Teológia Hispana, the Board of Trustees of Baptist Theo¬logical Seminary of Richmond (Va.), the Board of Trustees of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and the Board of Advocates for the Baylor University School of Social Work.
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