BRANDON, MS, June 10, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Lee T. Riley, DBA, MPH, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Dr. Riley has established a distinguished career at the intersection of public health, business management, and organizational leadership. Dr. Riley serves as a health management consultant for a premier healthcare consulting firm, ensuring customer-centricity by delivering high-quality project outputs on schedule. His work centers on a rural health model initiative under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he drafts monthly, quarterly, and annual reports. Dr. Riley leads meetings and reinforcement teaching sessions to establish operational baselines for new team members unfamiliar with the model's framework. He manages a critical data initiative to decommission and recode legacy system codes, ensuring seamless migration and contract handoff. His expertise in reconciling datasets across platforms ensures accurate, comparable results for federal partners.

Previously, Dr. Riley served as the health information technology lead for Region IV as a federal health technology contractor, overseeing a team of up to seven health information specialists across eight southeastern states. He utilized a specialized federal tracking system—developed under Operation Warp Speed—to track, allocate, and order COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics for federal and state jurisdictions. For his contributions to Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Riley received a challenge coin from the Department of Defense. This honor holds deep personal significance, given his multi-generational military family background.

Dr. Riley possesses extensive experience in state-level epidemiology and infectious disease surveillance. His career began as an epidemiology intern at the Mississippi State Department of Health during his master's program, and he subsequently advanced to the position of epidemiologist. In these roles within the STD/HIV Office, he managed prevention and surveillance initiatives, including outbreak investigations, development of epidemiologic profiles, and creation of visual infographics to disseminate incidence and prevalence data to the public and community stakeholders. Responding to rising transmission rates, his team launched a targeted public health campaign for syphilis in collaboration with the Mississippi Public Health Institute.

During this period, Dr. Riley published his first manuscript—a 10-year analysis of syphilis and HIV co-infection rates—and managed federal reporting to monitor progress toward completing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant objectives. He conducted extensive data linkage across reporting systems using sophisticated analytical tools. Dr. Riley presented his scientific findings at several national, state, and local conferences. He served as data manager for the Medical Monitoring Project, sampling hundreds of HIV patients annually to assess treatment outcomes, medication compliance, and barriers to care.

Dr. Riley expanded his portfolio as an informatics epidemiologist with the Tennessee Department of Health, supporting the HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Viral Hepatitis programs. In this capacity, he managed several aspects of public health informatics, most notably the successful migration of more than one million records from an outdated system into a CDC-supported platform. This complex undertaking required extensive data reconciliation across backend tables and user interfaces, as well as the creation of new value sets to address errors from migrations. He supported deployment and maintenance of the platform and collaborated with strategic technology solutions teams to meet electronic laboratory and case-reporting requirements across surveillance programs.

Throughout his career, Dr. Riley has demonstrated expertise in organizational leadership, business management, sustainability planning, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health informatics—an uncommon breadth that bridges technical research with operational strategy. He is recognized for his ability to build partnerships with stakeholders and funders while strengthening organizational collaboration and public trust.

Dr. Riley's academic achievements have been instrumental in shaping his professional trajectory. He earned a Doctor of Business Administration in leadership from Walden University in 2025, where he is also a postdoctoral fellow teaching courses within the Doctor of Business Administration program. His doctoral research focused on digital transformation strategies used by church leaders to increase revenue and meet budgetary goals—reflecting his commitment to applying business acumen in community contexts. He holds a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from The University of Southern Mississippi (2015) and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Alcorn State University (2014). Dr. Riley attributes his success to values instilled by his late mother, Allison Brister: self-belief, perseverance beyond boundaries, and service to others.

His professional affiliations include a lifetime charter membership in the Golden Key International Honor Society; active membership in the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; and previous memberships in both the American Public Health Association and the Mississippi Public Health Association.

Beyond his professional endeavors, Dr. Riley is deeply engaged in civic life as a pastor in a local congregation. He is the founder and chief executive officer(CEO) of The Issachar Group, a nonprofit organization that advances the Gospel through a multifaceted approach to community development and benevolent activities in accordance with Christian principles. Dr. Riley provides ecclesiastical consulting and stewardship guidance, delivering religious instruction, leadership training, and strategic administration strategies to equip churches, ministries, and communities for effective operation. A core focus includes helping nonprofit organizations navigate digital fundraising methods by collaborating with leaders who face challenges transitioning from traditional cash-based systems to digital currency platforms. Furthermore, Dr. Riley manages a comprehensive media and broadcasting initiative to produce, publish, and distribute religious, educational, and inspirational content through digital podcasts, musical recordings, social media, and literature.

Dr. Riley's scholarly contributions are notable; he considers publication of original peer-reviewed research among his proudest achievements. To date, he has published three manuscripts: his first in 2019, followed by two in 2025 and 2026—each rigorously peer-reviewed.

Outside academia and consulting work, Dr. Riley is creatively inclined, an avid singer-songwriter, and enjoys composing original music as well as cooking and baking a variety of dishes. Travel is another passion; since establishing an annual tradition in 2023, he has visited destinations across the Caribbean and North America, including Saint Lucia, the Dominican Republic, and Cabo San Lucas, with plans for further exploration.

Dr. Riley remains committed to educating future generations of organizational and public health leaders—guided by a philosophy that greater education brings greater responsibility to serve others. He continues to pursue opportunities that allow him to do as much good as possible within his reach while inspiring others to surpass even his own achievements.

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