David Reaney was born in Ottumwa , Iowa and raised in Bakersfield , California . He enlisted in the Army as an Intelligence Analyst in 1969 attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant prior to commissioning through the Officer Candidate program at Fort Benning , Georgia in 1974. He then served in intelligence and training assignments over the next 26 years at 12 different locations in the United States , Europe and Asia before retiring as a Colonel in January 2000.

In April 2000 Mr. Reaney was appointed Executive Director of the Bay Area Food Bank with responsibility for distributing donated food throughout a 21 county service area in Alabama , Mississippi and Florida as a member of America ’s Second Harvest, The Nation’s Food Bank Network. Since 2000 the organization has moved to a new facility, increased distribution from 4 to over 12 million pounds annually, acquired five refrigerated delivery vehicles, initiated delivery operations into rural Alabama and opened a branch warehouse in Pace, Florida. He currently serves on the Boards of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and the South Alabama Chapter of the Military Officer’s Association of America as well as President of the Alabama Association of Food Banks. Mr. Reaney chairs the Resource Development Strategic Planning Committee for America ’s Second Harvest as well as working on the network’s Rural Food Bank Forum.

Mr. Reaney has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of New York and a Master’s in Systems Management from the University of Southern California . He is a graduate of the US Air Force Air Command and Staff College , The Director, National Security Agency Fellowship Program and The US Army War College. His fifteen military service awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.

He and his Wife, Monika, were married at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona in 1971 and have two grown children residing in Maryland and Alabama .