Most of them met Risa after her days at ­Citicorp Mortgage, which decentralized so "everybody was out of a job," as Risa puts it. It was then she decided she wanted to go back to helping people, but not one-on-one. In 1992, she started working for Personal Performance Consultants, which created and managed employee-assistance programs. The ­company is now Magellan Health Services. "Risa's not just entertaining and fun to be with. She's very empathic. She's with you. She'll laugh with you and cry with you." Judy Goodman, MSW '75