Dr. Elizabeth Reichert earned a BA in Theology and Philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and an MA in Religious Education with a concentration in Peace and Justice from Fordham University in New York. She then pursued ecclesiastical degrees, completing the Theology Bachelors (STB) at the University of Navarra in Spain and the Licentiate and Doctorate in Moral Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. While in Rome, she worked at the Markets, Culture & Ethics Research Centre, which specializes in Catholic Social Teaching with a focus on applications in the areas of business and economics. Dr. Reichert has published articles and chapters in the areas of Catholic Social Teaching, business ethics and management, and moral and spiritual theology. Her doctoral dissertation is entitled Divine Optics, and studies Aquinas's theology of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.