Reese is responsible for providing leadership, staff supervision, program planning/scheduling, and financial management for the daily operations at LEP. Reese brings a wealth of project management, analytical, and problem solving experience in education and state government. He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Willamette University, where his studies focused on marketing and nonprofit management. He is currently pursuing an Initial Administrator License at Lewis & Clark College. While pursuing his MBA, Reese worked on several consulting projects in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors including an internship with the Oregon Progress Board where he worked on statewide performance measures, as well as the design of a comprehensive fiscal system for an Oregon charter school. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics as well as a Masters of Teaching from the University of Virginia, and he spent five years teaching Social Studies at the middle and high school levels prior to joining KOREducators. While teaching at Colonial Heights Middle School in Virginia, Reese served as the school's software committee chair and led several workshops on integrating technology in the classroom. He has numerous experiences collaborating with colleagues in talented and gifted, special education, and interdisciplinary teaching. Currently, Reese works as the Communications and Training Manager for the State Building Codes Division where he manages a $1 million biennial training budget and assists executive management to communicate and reach consensus among the division’s diverse stakeholders.