Dr. Kyle A. Reyes currently serves as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Utah Valley University (UVU)—the largest university in the state of Utah with over 48,600 students. Before this appointment in October 2022, Dr. Reyes served for five years as VP of Student Affairs and from 2014-2017, Kyle served as UVU’s inaugural Senior Inclusion Officer. He has been at UVU for over 22 years in various offices and programs: TRIO Upward Bound, GEAR UP, Multicultural Student Services, Student Success & Retention, the School of Education, and the Office of the President. Dr. Reyes is also a tenured Associate Professor of Education at UVU. On October 1st, Greenleaf Book Group published Kyle’s book entitled, Lenses of Humanity: How Reflection, Connection, and Empathy Can Change Our World.
Kyle has consulted with, and presented to, organizations in 35 states and Canada in various sectors including: K-12 education, higher education, business, community task forces, and faith groups. He has given more than 800 presentations over the past 19 years on issues of student success, leadership, humanity, inclusion, art, and cultural competence.
In addition to serving on the board of Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education, Dr. Reyes has served on numerous national, regional, and state boards. He has also received multiple national and state honors for his work on access and student success in higher education.
In his free time, Kyle likes to design shoes and spend time with his wife, Michele, and their children. They deliberately try to build their cultural heritage (Michele – Navajo & Kyle – Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese) into their family learning and engagement.