Lorna Lee-Riley, MSSW, LCSW, CCM

The Commission

Director of Education and Industry Relations

Lorna has more than 30 years of social work and case management experience in acute care (medical, rehabilitation and mental health) settings, insurance case management and long-term care.

Lorna received her Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College and her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work. She is a licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Case Manager. Lorna started her Social Work career in the AIDS Program at St Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital during the height of the AIDS epidemic. After that, she worked as a Geriatric Social Worker at Emblem Health, where she was instrumental in the creation and implementation of the company’s first end-of-life care program called “Dignified Decision.” Lorna then transitioned into leadership as Director of Social Work for several large New York area health systems. Her accomplishments during this time include heading up a hospice care program, developing, implementing, and overseeing a complex patient care program (Enhanced Interdisciplinary Care Team), concentrating on medically and psychosocial complex patients for a timely and safe transition to the next level of care. The program was recognized at the 2018 Vizient Summit conference where Lorna participated in a poster presentation. Lorna was the 2020 recipient of the NASW Emerald Leadership Award.