Mr. Riley serves as the Deputy Director for Disaster Recovery. He came to GOHSEP in June 2007 and served as the Assistant Deputy Director, Disaster Recovery. Mr. Riley is responsible for all recovery activities related to the Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation programs authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Act.

Mr. Riley came to GOHSEP in June 2007 and served as the Assistant Deputy Director, Disaster Recovery.  In that capacity, Mr. Riley was responsible for all recovery activities related to the Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation programs authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Act.  As related to the recovery efforts for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, he managed over $7.5 billion in Public Assistance recovery funding and $1.4 billion in Hazard Mitigation funding for over 1,400 applicants and 22,000 projects.  Mr. Riley was designated the Deputy Governor’s Authorized Representative for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the State Coordinating Officer for Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

 Prior to accepting the position with GOHSEP, Mr. Riley was the Legal Advisor to the Joint Warfighting Center, U.S. Joint Forces Command, in Norfolk, Virginia.  Mr. Riley is a long time, off and on, resident of Baton Rouge dating back to his graduation for Louisiana State University in 1974. 

Mr. Riley retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 2007 after 32 years of reserve and active service.  Mr. Riley was last recalled to active duty after the events of September 11, 2001, in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Noble Eagle, and served for three years as the legal advisor to the Standing Joint Headquarters, Homeland Security, U.S. Northern Command.  His Reserve and Active service includes serving as Assistant Legal Advisor, Commander, U.S. European Command, during Operation Joint Endeavor, and servicing as Assistant Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense.  Mr. Riley has served in command billets at the company, battalion and division levels. 

Prior to his latest recall to active duty, Mr. Riley was the Assistant Executive Director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA). Mr. Riley has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Phoenix Environmental Services, Inc., the Vice President and General Counsel of GDC Engineering, Inc., and was in private practice with the law firm of Taylor, Porter Brooks and Phillips, in Baton Rouge, for approximately ten years, focusing his practice on tax and business law issues.

Mr. Riley holds a Master of Law Degree, with a specialty in Tax Law, from Georgetown University, a Juris Doctorate from Louisiana State University Law School and a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from LSU.  He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal Fifth and First Circuit Courts, the U.S. Claims Court, the U.S. Tax Court, all military courts and all courts of the State of Louisiana.

He is married to the former Ms. Susan Dawson of Baton Rouge and has four children, Devon, Kellen, and the twins – Sofie and Brogan.