Andrew Langer
Founder and Chairman

Andrew Langer is the founder and chairman of the Institute for Regulatory Analysis and Engagement. IRAE is a non-profit, academic, and activist organization whose mission is to examine regulations and regulatory proposals, assess their economic and societal impacts, and offer expert commentary in order to create better public policies. Andrew has been involved in free-market and limited-government causes for more than 25 years, has testified before Congress nearly two dozen times, spoken to audiences across the United States, and has taught at the collegiate level.

A globally-recognized expert on the impact of regulation on business, Andrew is regularly called on to offer innovative solutions to the challenges of squaring public policy priorities with the impact and efficacy of those policies, as well as their unintended consequences. Long before founding IRAE, he was the principal regulatory affairs lobbyist for the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s largest small business association. As president of the Institute for Liberty, he became recognized as an expert on the Constitution, especially issues surrounding private property rights, free speech, abuse of power, and the concentration of power in the federal executive branch.

Andrew has had an extensive career in media—having appeared on television programs around the world. From 2017 to 2021, he hosted a highly-rated weekly program on WBAL NewsRadio 1090 in Baltimore (as well as serving as their principal fill-in host from 2011 until 2021), and has filled in for both nationally-syndicated and satellite radio programs. He remains the only WBAL host in recent memory to have broadcast from the White House. He also created and hosted several different podcasts—The Liberty Line, an early podcast; The Broadside, a weekly live podcast; the LangerCast, and now Andrew and Jerry Save The World, with IRAE colleague, Jerry Rogers.

In 2011, he was named one of Maryland’s “Influencers” by Campaigns and Elections magazine. He has a master’s degree in public administration from Troy University and his degree from William & Mary is in international relations.