Name: Fernando Fernandez
Hometown: Guaynabo
Business Position: Retired
Civilian Education:
BBA-Accounting, University of Puerto Rico
National Security Fellow, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Organizations:
President, Pan American Union of Armed Forces Reserve Officers (UPORFA)
President, Puerto Rico Distinguished Veterans Hall of Fame
Co-Chairman, Fort Buchanan Retired Soldier Council
Member, Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA)
Civilian Honors:
Academician, Puerto Rico Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academician, Ibero American Scientific and Culture Academy
Demonstrated Master Logistician Designation, International Society of Logistics
Military Retirement Rank and Date, Service and Key Positions:
Retired as Brigadier General on 3 May 2015
Commanding General, 1st Mission Support Command, 2009-2013
Group Commander, 166th Regional Support Group 2006-2009
Director of Logistics, Victory Base Garrison Command Complex, Iraq, 2004-2005
Army Reserve Ambassador Fernando Fernandez worked with Citibank, NA Country Cor-porate Office in Puerto Rico in a variety of financial accounting managerial positions for almost 20 years. Additionally, he served for 32 years in the Army Reserve as a Quarter-master and Logistics Corps officer. His military education includes a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College, the Army’s Associate Logistics Executive Development Course and the Canadian Security Studies Program. He currently serves as president of the Pan American Union of Armed Forces Reserve Officers (UPORFA), an organization that mentors the development of reserve officers and their institutions in the Western Hemisphere and whose membership include the countries of Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru and the United States.