Elisabeth Risch is the Director of Research and Education at the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council. She is the Co-Chair of the St. Louis Equal Housing and Community Reinvestment Alliance (SLEHCRA), where she works directly with banks to increase investment and services to low-income communities and communities of color. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Sociology from Calvin College and Masters in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a board member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition.