Elizabeth Clay Roy

Elizabeth Clay Roy is a lifelong leader of civic engagement and social change initiatives, and Chief Executive Officer of Generation Citizen, a national nonprofit committed to providing youth with the knowledge and skills they need to actively participate in our democracy. Prior to joining Generation Citizen, Elizabeth was Executive Director of TakeRoot Justice, a New York City-based social justice organization that supports grassroots organizations and provides legal services to over 2000 clients each year. Elizabeth also was the founding Deputy Director of Opportunity Nation, a national campaign to expand economic mobility where she created the Opportunity Index, a first-of-its-kind measurement of contributing factors for economic opportunity at the state and local level.