Orriel L. Richardson, Esq., MPH is Vice President of Health Equity and Policy at Morgan Health.

Richardson is a health care policy expert and attorney licensed to practice in Maryland and Washington, DC.

Previously, Richardson served as professional staff and health counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means Majority, U.S. House of Representatives where she was the architect of the Committee’s racial and health equity initiatives. While on the Hill, her policy portfolio included Medicare Advantage, end-stage renal disease, Medicare program integrity, and health technology.

During her career, Richardson has gained health care expertise across academia and local, state, and federal levels of government, formerly working at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the Office of the General Counsel for the District of Columbia’s Department of Health Care Finance; the George Washington (GW) University School of Public Health; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; the State of Louisiana Office of Public Health; and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

Since 2018 she has been a Professorial Lecturer of Health Policy and Management in the Milken School of Public Health at GW University.

In 2021, the National Minority Quality forum awarded her with the Congressional Staff Leadership Award after recognizing her in 2020 as a “40 Under 40” Minority Leader in Health.

Richardson received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in biology/pre-medicine from Howard University, a Master of Public Health (MPH) in health systems management from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and law degree from the GW Law School where she also earned a graduate certificate in International Human Rights Law from New College, University of Oxford.