OUR FOUNDERS
Charles McKinley Reynolds, Jr.
A native of Albany, Georgia., was an Air Force veteran and Morehouse College graduate who made history as the first African American assistant national bank examiner in the South. In 1973, he was named president of the Citizens Trust Bank in Atlanta, becoming one of the youngest bank presidents in the nation. He later was president of the Atlantic National Bank in Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Reynolds founded Reynolds & Associates, Inc., in 1988 as the operator of a halfway house for recently released offenders. Ultimately, its operations included two additional halfway houses. Mr. Reynolds subsequently established the Foundation for Residential and Rehabilitative Services (FFRRS) to support that work.
This Initiative was inspired by Mr. Reynolds’ first-hand experience after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late 2020. Faced with a terminal illness, he directed his foundation to expand its mission to support efforts to improve outcomes for African Americans and other poorly served pancreatic cancer patients.
Reesa Motley Reynolds
A native of Annapolis, Maryland, has a long and distinguished history in political and civic affairs at the state and national levels. She began her career as a legislative aide and legislative analyst. Mrs. Reynolds then moved into leadership roles as executive director of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Following stints as a lobbyist, she served as Chief of Female Offender Programs for the D.C. Department of Corrections. She is currently President of Reynolds & Associates, Inc., Managing Director of the Foundation for Residential and Rehabilitative Services (FFRRS), President of Rehabilitative Services, Inc. (RSI), and Board Chairperson of the Reynolds Motley Community Development Corporation. In January 2022, Mrs. Reynolds was named President and CEO of the Charles McKinley Reynolds, Jr. Pancreatic Cancer Initiative. She is a member of the BOW COLLECTIVE, an organization and sisterhood of the nation's top 1% of African American women small business owners.