Cassidy Riley from Good Hope, West Virginia is the Senior Director of Conservation at Coalfield Development. Prior to her time at Coalfield, she worked in infrastructure and economic development for local government and rural communities in West Virginia. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from West Virginia University and a Master of Public Administration from Marshall University. Her areas of interest are economic diversification, rural capacity building, and green workforce development. Riley spends her free time in the kitchen trying out new recipes, traveling, and collecting vinyl records.