Elizabeth Reich serves as the City of Dallas’ Chief Financial Officer. She oversees financial policy and operations with an annual budget of $4.35 billion, $5 billion in municipal debt, and $2 billion in investments. Elizabeth is proud to lead a team of 650 employees in 7 departments. Recently, Elizabeth has focused on deploying more than $800 million in COVID 19 related funding, establishing the Office of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence to transform Dallas’ approach to data-based decision making, and advocating to increase local governments’ flexibility and reduce the cost of financing critical infrastructure investments. Previously, Elizabeth was instrumental in brokering a compromise that saved the Dallas Police and Fire Pension, bringing biennial budgeting to Dallas, and negotiating a contract for private management of Fair Park. The Bond Buyer honored Elizabeth as a Trailblazing Woman in Public Finance in December 2021. D CEO Magazine included Elizabeth in its 2022 Dallas 500 List of the Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. She serves on the board of Dallas Summer Musicals, is active in Women in Public Finance, and enthusiastically supports numerous mentoring programs. Previously, Elizabeth enjoyed a 16-year career with the Social Security Administration, including serving as its CFO in 2015.