Ray Alvarez

Chief Executive Officer

Raymond is co-founder of one of the only three Philadelphia registered MBEs with the Office of Economic Opportunity, whose security company CEO has over seventeen (17) years of law enforcement training in security. His experience includes the administration of security, critical infrastructure vulnerability assessments, NIMS Emergency Preparedness, physical security escort assignments, and other non-disclosable operations. In addition, he has led A&I Security as a co-founder for over five years, securing contracts with Philadelphia’s School District, Nueva Esperanza’s school, colleges and employment resource offices.

He is also President/CEO of La Liga del Barrio (La Liga) a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit youth basketball organization sponsored in part by the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers/Sixers Youth Foundation since January 2000. La Liga is the first Latino youth basketball league (annually consisting of 32-boys' and girls' teams of nearly 340 kids ages 6 to 18). Raymond has led La Liga since 2000 (serving over 7,500 kids in that period).

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Temple University, a Master's Degree in the Administration of Justice and Security, and a second Criminal Justice Master's Degree in Forensic Science.