Matthew Hisrich is a graduate of Hillsdale College in Michigan and the Earlham School of Religion in Indiana. He currently works for the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quaker), where he administers a grant program for pastors.

He has served as a community member of the editorial board at the Richmond Palladium-Item and has worked with non-profit public policy organizations in Ohio, Kansas, and Indiana. His public policy analysis has appeared numerous print and online publications including the Washington Times, the Dayton Daily News, the Wichita Eagle, the Indiana Policy Review, and The Freeman. He lives in Richmond, Indiana, with his wife and two daughters.