He served in the Governor's Cabinet and played a leading education reform role on matters ranging from the Achievement Gap Act of 2010 and Common Core State Standards to the Commonwealth's highly successful Race to the Top proposal.

Reville played a central role in MBAE's development of and advocacy for Massachusetts historic Education Reform Act of 1993.

Reville has been a member of the HGSE faculty since 1997 and has served as director of the Education Policy and Management Program.

Reville's career, which combines research, policy, and practice, began with service as a VISTA volunteer/youth worker.

He is a board member and adviser to various organizations, including BELL, Match Education, Bellwether, City Year Boston, Harvard Medical School's MEDscience and others.