Mr. Mark Rielo was appointed as the Associate Director of the Amarillo VA Health Care System (AVAHCS) effective January 19, 2020.
In this capacity, he is charged with the overall administration of Fiscal Service, Logistics, Environmental Management, Engineering, Health Administration, Police, Prosthetics, Safety, Contracting, Canteen, OI&T, and Human Resources. Mr. Rielo was the Interim Medical Center Director of the El Paso VA Health Care System from January 2022 to June 2022. Prior to joining AVAHCS, Mr. Rielo was the Ambulatory Care Operations Director/Group Practice Manager at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System from 2016-2019. While in this role he focused on improving access to care for Veterans, implementing new scheduling practices and directing the development of innovative tools to make providing care easier.
Mr. Rielo started his VA career in 2007 as an Administrative Intern at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System where he found a niche for Data Analytics and Systems Redesign. Upon completion of his internship, he served as the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System Data Manager from 2007-2010. Mr. Rielo then went on to serve as the VISN 22 Data Manager/Systems Redesign Coordinator for the VISN 22 Network Office from 2010-2013. He then moved on to serve as the Supervisory Health System Specialist to the Chief of Staff at VA Loma Linda Healthcare System from 2013-2016. Mr. Rielo also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Loma Linda University School of Public from 2013-2018, teaching courses in Healthcare Organizational Management, Quality Management, and Healthcare Economics. Mr. Rielo earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of California, Riverside in 2002, a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of California, Riverside in 2005, and a Master’s in Public Health from Loma Linda University in 2007. Mr. Rielo is a VHA-Certified Mentor, graduate of the VISN 22 Leadership Development Institute program in 2010, and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
