Civic Activities
Reich's community service includes serving as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of a public hospital facility in Ft. Myers, Florida, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sarasota Family YMCA. He has also served as a Board member for a number of civic organizations, and was active for many years in youth baseball programs in Sarasota, FL. In Washington, DC, Reich has served as an elder and trustee of the National Presbyterian Church, and chairman of the National Presbyterian Church Fund for Charitable Giving. In March 2009, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation.
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