Eli co-founded R Street in 2012 and has played a key role in establishing it as an important voice in the Washington, D.C. policy scene.



Prior to R Street he served as vice president for Washington, D.C. operations at the Heartland Institute, overseeing its D.C. office. Earlier in his career, he worked as a speechwriter to then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.); as a project manager for the Unisys Corp.; as senior editor of The American Enterprise magazine; and as a fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Eli started his career as a reporter for The Washington Times.



He is a widely published writer whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, and The New York Times, among other publications. Eli also serves as a contributing editor of National Affairs. He lives in Herndon, Virginia with his wife, Kari, son, Andrew, and cat, Mia.