Don Soifer

Don Soifer is Executive Vice President of the Lexington Institute, a nonpartisan think tank headquartered in Arlington, VA.

He directs the institute’s research programs in domestic-policy areas including education, energy and postal reform. Soifer’s research has been published and discussed in many of the nation’s most influential news publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and New York Daily News. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on several occasions, in official hearings of various federal and state agencies, and appears regularly on television and newsradio programs around the county.

Soifer has served since 2008 on the District of Columbia’s Public Charter School Board, which is responsible for the oversight of 95 campuses serving approximately 28,000 students. He serves on numerous advisory and governing boards for government and nonprofit organizations around the Nation’s Capital.

He is a 1990 graduate of Colgate University and lives in Washington, DC.