Joe R. Reeder

Joe R. Reeder’s career as an attorney, whose clients include countries, international corporations and law firms, included 4 years as the U.S. Army’s 14th Under Secretary, where he served as the Army’s COO, with specific responsibilities for long range planning, material requirements, readiness, acquisition reform, infrastructure reduction and financial management of the Army. Joe also led the Army’s international affairs initiatives, with emphasis on NATO, Panama & Latin America. He served 3 years as Chairman of the Panama Canal Commission’s Board of Directors, where he oversaw a massive, multibillion dollar infrastructure program. As Army Undersecretary Joe oversaw military support to local, state and federal agencies related to civilian law enforcement, civil disturbance, disaster relief, and emergency planning, and service on DoD’s 5-member DOD Realignment Closure (BRAC) Council. Following his Pentagon days, First with Congressman Owen Pickett and later alone, Joe also chaired (for Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine) Virginia’s Base Realignment & Closure Commission.

After West Point and Ranger School, Joe served in the 82nd Airborne, received his JD from the University of Texas School of Law, and his LLM from Georgetown University, and for the past 21 years has been a senior shareholder of the 2200-attorney law firm of Greenberg Traurig in their Washington D.C. office. He also serves on numerous public company and charitable boards, worldwide.