Fernando Reyes is a businessman, entrepreneur, community leader and family oriented individual. Having graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, receiving a Bachelors of Business Administration degree, he continued on to the University of Southern California where he received his Master’s degree in public administration. Reyes is President of Reyes Automotive Group II and Reyes AmTex Automotive, which are both Tier One suppliers for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc., in San Antonio, Texas. Along with his two joint venture partners, Reyes leads the manufacturing of plastic parts and carpeting for the Toyota Tundra and Tacoma Trucks. His other businesses ventures, Reyes Development and Reyes Properties, involve land development and commercial real-estate acquisition.

He is a dedicated and energetic individual and is active in many civic organizations serving as the 2007 and 2008 Chairman of the Board for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Senior Vice President of the San Antonio Fiesta Commission, Rey Feo LX and Treasurer for the Rey Feo Consejo Educational Foundation, Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s University, San Antonio Parks Foundation Board, Board Member of the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation, Board Member on the World Affairs Council of San Antonio and Board Member of the San Antonio Texas Bio and Agro Defense Consortium Community Relations Advisory Council, and Director for the Bank of San Antonio.

Most recently he was elected as Fiesta Commission President, serving 2014 to 2015. He was appointed by then Governor George W. Bush to serve on the Texas Workers Compensation Insurance Fund Board; the Texas Skills Standard Board; Reyes served as a Commissioner on the Texas Lottery Commission having been appointed by Governor Rick Perry.