Mr. Riley began his international development career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger. Before joining the Foreign Service, he served as the Senior Regional Advisor for Africa for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in Nairobi, Kenya and served as the Chief of Party for USAID-funded projects in the Horn of Africa, Liberia, and Uganda.
Prior to coming to Tajikistan, Mr. Riley served as the Senior Development Advisor and Acting Mission Director for Tunisia between 2017 and 2021. He also served as the Director of the Economic Growth and Infrastructure Office in the USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission and as Director of the Office of Consolidation, Land and Environment at USAID/Colombia.
A native of Western Massachusetts, Mr. Riley received a B.A. degree from Harvard College and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.