Alvarez & Associates’ industry leadership and core values are fundamentally based on its consistency of purpose – to deliver Quality, Integrity, Experience and Commitment to our clients. Our corporate culture and commitment to all stakeholders has been shaped by the examples of our founder and CEO Everett Alvarez Jr.

Mr. Alvarez is a distinguished Naval officer, lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and former government executive, is best known to the public as the first American aviator shot down over North Vietnam. He was taken prisoner on August 5, 1964 and held in North Vietnam as a POW for 8 and ½ years, until the general release of the American prisoners on February 12, 1973.

Mr. Alvarez retired from the Navy with the rank of Commander in 1980. In April 1981 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the post of Deputy Director of the Peace Corps. In July 1982, President Reagan nominated and the Senate confirmed him as Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration (VA). After six years with the Veterans Administration he was appointed by President Reagan in 1988 to the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Alvarez served on that Board for almost 21 years, including serving as Chairman of the Board twice.  Mr. Alvarez has served on the President’s Task Force to improve Health Care Delivery for our Nation’s Veterans and recently chaired the VA’s CARES Commission (Capital Asset Realignment and Enhancement Study Commission).

Mr. Alvarez is a lifetime member of the Board of Fellows of the University of Santa Clara. He served on the Board of Directors of the International Graduate University of Democracy in Washington DC. He served on the College of William & Mary Washington DC Council. He has served on the White House Board of Fellows Selection Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Armed Services YMCA of the USA. He is on the Library of Congress Veterans History Project Five Star Council Advisory Committee.

Mr. Alvarez holds numerous military decorations, of which some are: the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit (with Combat “V”), two Bronze Stars (with Combat “V”), the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Purple Heart Medals.

Throughout his career, Mr. Alvarez has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting his country, his community and corporate stakeholders. Mr. Alvarez’s commitment and corporate leadership sets the tone for how Alvarez & Associates strives to deliver agile solutions with measurable results.