Michael Reyes serves as President & CEO at Opportunity Home San Antonio, the largest provider of affordable housing in San Antonio and the largest public housing authority in the State of Texas. Opportunity Home provides housing assistance to nearly 50,000 San Antonio residents, employs close to 600 staff, manages an annual operating budget of $250 million, and oversees assets valued at more than $500 million.
A former resident of the Alazán-Apache Courts, the city’s oldest public housing community, Michael brings more than 24 years of national and international policy and public affairs experience to the role. He previously served in the United States Congress, where he managed public affairs programs and briefings for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, various congressional committees, the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office. He later served at the United Nations Secretary-General’s office in Washington, DC, where he led external affairs efforts in the U.S., including coordination with the White House, U.S. State Department, Congress, World Bank Group, non-governmental organizations, the diplomatic corps and academia. In that role, he promoted the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, including the goal to increase affordable housing globally. Michael also held a leadership role at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), an international organization dedicated to reducing poverty through work in urban/social development, health, education and transportation. While there, he managed a $1 billion congressional allocation during his tenure.
Michael currently serves as a commissioner on the City of San Antonio’s Housing Commission and on the board of directors of the South Central Texas Regional Certification Agency (Supply SA). He also participates in the Reframing Housing cohort hosted by the San Antonio Area Foundation. His work has been recognized with multiple national awards from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.
He is an active member of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment officials, Texas Housing Association, PRSA Public Affairs and Government Section, World Affairs Council of Washington, National Association of Government Communicators and the National Press Club of Washington.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southern Methodist University (Dallas) and a Master of Arts in Social Public Policy from Georgetown University (Washington, DC). He also completed executive education coursework at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.