Riley Burton currently works as the Academic Chair of the School of Business, Hospitality and Media Arts at Confederation College in Thunder Bay.

Riley has held many different positions within Confederation College including Program Manager for Contract Training, Chair for the School of Engineering and Director of the Teaching and Learning Centre. With a commitment to education Riley has held contract teaching positions within the diploma programs of Forestry and Business. He has also taught numerous courses on contract with Oshki-Wenjack Education Institute. Prior to serving the College system, he worked as a Professional Forester for private enterprise and a Communications and Project Management consultant for both public and private clients within Northwestern Ontario.

Mr. Burton is passionate about Northern Ontario issues and always works to align his endeavours with the College system to regional initiatives. As such, he is a current community elected director with the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce Board. Mr. Burton also serves as a plan governor for the CAAT Pension Plan, is a past board director for the Ontario College Administrative Staff Association and past internal governor for the Board of Governors of Confederation College.

Riley holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Forestry degree from Lakehead University, a Master of Arts in Applied Communication from Royal Roads University and a Business Fundamentals certificate from the Harvard Business School Online. He remains a registered professional forester in the province of Ontario and is also a certified Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute.