Tim Westrich

Research Associate

Tim Westrich is a Research Associate at American Progress. He works primarily on the Economic Mobility Program, where he develops solutions to address working Americans’ experience with financial services and building assets. Prior to working at the Center, Westrich was a research analyst at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, where he provided technical assistance to local housing organizations and helped to develop NCRC’s policy positions on subprime mortgage lending. Tim was the primary author of the NCRC report "Are Banks on the Map?" which found that banks are not located in working-class and minority communities in the same proportion as wealthy and white communities. Tim has also worked at the Woodstock Institute in Chicago, where he co-authored studies on improving consumer protections for credit cards and bank accounts. He has been on National Public Radio and his work has been cited in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers. Tim earned his master's degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.