Lisa Rice
Legislative Policy Conference
Lisa Rice
As President and CEO, Lisa Rice directs the National Fair Housing Alliance’s (NFHA) mission to
eliminate all forms of housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities for all
people and communities. NFHA leads the fair housing movement and is the trade association
for over 200 member organizations throughout the country.
Ms. Rice is a published author contributing to several books and journals addressing a range of
fair housing issues including - The Fight for Fair Housing: Causes, Consequences, and Future
Implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act; Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a
Sustainable World; Discriminatory Effects of Credit Scoring on Communities of Color; and From
Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupancy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit.
She is one of the nation’s leading experts on fair housing and lending policies having played
major roles in crafting sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, establishing the Office of Fair Lending within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
and implementing other legislative and policy initiatives. She also helped lead the investigation
and resolution of precedent-setting fair housing and lending cases securing remedies for
millions of people as well as the elimination of systemic discriminatory practices. Ms. Rice
serves on various Boards and Advisory Councils.