Dennis Riley
New York State Archives Archives & Records Management Specialist
Albany, NY
In December 2015, Dennis Riley joined the Government Records Services unit at the New York State Archives as an Archives & Records Management Specialist focused on appraisal, records scheduling, and state agency services. Since June 2019, he has served as the State Archives regional advisor for local governments and repositories in the 11 counties of the Hudson Valley and Catskills. From January 2014 to December 2015, he was the Assistant Director for Archives and Records Management at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation managing both corporate records and historical collections. Between 2010-2013, he worked at the National Archives at New York City as part of its reference services staff, where among other projects he focused on promoting holdings related to Puerto Rico. Prior to this, he worked for 14 years for the U.S Department of State, most of that time in the research library and archives at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, managing this office for his last three years there. Non-governmental work has included brief stints at the New-York Historical Society, American Jewish Historical Society, New York University Archives, NYU Preservation Department, and the American Field Service Archives. In addition to various degrees in international relations, history, and Middle East studies, he received a Masters degree in archives management and public history from New York University.