A Graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, a former Captain in the Air Force after 9 years of service, a flight instructor, a published author, a public speaker, a television personality, an actor of television, stage, and film, a model, and a reality television icon; it’s quickly apparent that once Reichen sets a goal, it is only a matter of time before he reaches it.   

Since winning CBS' Emmy-award winning reality series, The Amazing Race, Reichen has caught the eye of several casting directors and has already appeared on Frasier, The Drew Carey Show, Days of Our Lives, and The Young and The Restless.  Reichen has performed in three movies including “Ethan Greene”, “Partners”, and “The Scorned”.  Reichen found himself to be an integral part of the budding world of Reality Television, which has now clearly become its own genre of television and entertainment.  He has starred in many reality series including The Amazing Race, Fear Factor, and Kill Reality.  Making his professional theater acting debut, Reichen played the lead of “Andrew” in an off-Broadway play, “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” in the summer of 2010.   

Reichen’s latest project is his new reality series from MTV/Tru Entertainment called “A-List: New York”, where he stars as one of six cast members living extraordinary lives in New York City.  “A-List” premiered on the Logo network  October 2010. Currently Reichen stars along with former boyfriend Rodiney Santiago on VH1's "Couples Therapy" Wednesday Nights.

Prior to Reichen’s concentrating on a professional entertainment career, he was playing the role of his own life while in the U.S. Air Force.  He served in an Aerospace Engineering program office and also served on faculty in the Air Science Department at the University of Virginia.   

Not wanting to face a court martial for being gay while serving under the DOD’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Reichen had to live in two different worlds.  One world where he had to watch everything he did and said for fear of being outed; the other world where he was able to be himself.  He was completely open with his family and friends, but faced the very real possibility of UCMJ punishment for being gay.  Reichen explains, “The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy is contradictory to that which the Air Force and our Armed Forces represent:  Honor and Integrity.  The policy forces men and women to lie about their lives, and keeps very much alive a terrible fear and misunderstanding of gay people, in general, that hurts military morale and LGBT servicemembers’ lives and ability to perform their duties.  It is a clear policy of ruthless workplace discrimination.”  It was the contradictions of this policy that led Reichen to opt out of military service at the end of his active duty service commitment.   

Once out of the Air Force, Reichen wrote and published a new book, “Here’s What We’ll Say”, an autobiography that tells the story of his time as a gay cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, living in secret.  The book also serves as an expose of what really happens to LGBT military servicemembers behind the closed doors of the U.S. Armed Forces’ thousands of training and mission-critical institutions.   Reichen continues to speak around the country at colleges, universities, and companies who can benefit from listening to his experiences and advice.