Corazon C. “Cora” Reyes, RN, brings to the RCP Foundation’s Board of Advisors an exceptional record of professional nursing leadership, corporate health administration, humanitarian service, and Filipino-American civic engagement spanning more than six decades. A graduate of the Central Luzon School of Nursing (Manuel V. Gallego Foundation Colleges) in Cabanatuan City, Philippines, Ms. Reyes distinguished herself early in her profession by placing 10th in the Philippine Nurses’ State Board examination. Her clinical career began in Manila and continued in the United States at the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals in Galveston and subsequently at New York hospitals, where her responsibilities encompassed surgical nursing, intensive care, and coronary care. In 1982, she joined what is now JPMorgan Chase Health Services, beginning an extraordinary association of more than four decades during which she served in nursing management and human-resources responsibilities and, following a period of retirement, returned to professional service as a Staff Nurse with the company’s Health & Wellness Service Centers. Licensed as a nurse in New York and New Jersey, she has complemented her clinical experience with specialized training in health coaching, cardiac care, infection control, health assessment, smoking cessation, and other areas of preventive and occupational health.

Equally distinguished is Ms. Reyes’s extensive record of humanitarian, professional, and community leadership, particularly within the Filipino-American community and in service to underserved populations in the Philippines. She has served as Chief Coordinator of the Bulacan Medical & Humanitarian Missions, Chief Coordinator of Medical Missions for Friends Indeed USA, a Board Member of the Philippine-American Friendship Community (PAFCOM), and Chief of Pharmacy for the GC Rivera Foundation’s annual medical, surgical, dental, and integrated-medicine missions. Her leadership has included service as President and later Executive Director of the Association of Philippine Physicians in America Auxiliary, President of Friends Indeed USA, Treasurer of the Philippine Independence Day Council, and leadership positions with numerous nursing, medical, charitable, and Filipino-American organizations. A published profile credits her with establishing Bulacan Medical Missions in 2001 to provide free medical and surgical care and humanitarian assistance to disadvantaged communities, while an official 2013 resolution of the City of Jersey City honored her as Grand Marshal of the Philippine-American Friendship Day Parade and specifically recognized her extensive nursing career and community service. Her volunteer service has additionally encompassed the New York Medical Reserve Corps, American Heart Association, Susan G. Komen breast-cancer initiatives, medical missions to the Philippines, and even grief counseling in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The breadth and longevity of Ms. Reyes’s service have earned her an extraordinary succession of professional, humanitarian, and civic honors. Among those recorded in her biographical materials are a 2025 Top Nurse Manager recognition, a 2024 Humanitarian Service Award from the Association of Philippine Physicians in America, the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from Friends Indeed USA, a 2018 Nursing Service Award from the Governor of New York, multiple JPMorgan Chase service and volunteer distinctions, and numerous awards recognizing leadership and community service from Filipino-American, nursing, medical, and civic organizations extending back several decades. As a Distinguished Member of the RCP Foundation Board of Advisors, Ms. Reyes brings a rare combination of clinical knowledge, corporate health-management experience, organizational leadership, humanitarian commitment, and sustained civic service. Her career exemplifies the principle that professional accomplishment acquires its greatest significance when placed in the service of others—a perspective, developed through decades of caring for individuals and communities on two continents, that adds both distinction and depth to the Foundation’s advisory leadership.