ALEX ORFINGER

Alex Orfinger is Publisher of the Washington Business Journal. After serving as Executive Vice President of American City Business Journals for several years, Alex has returned to the role that first brought him to Washington, DC. He is excited, at this important moment, to help the Business Journal be at the center of conversations around economic recovery, income disparity, systemic racism, and why these issues must matter to the business community... When Alex arrived in Washington in 1996, most people thought the Washington Business Journal was an oxymoron. The business of Washington was government. That perception was wrong and would dramatically change. Driving that change became Alex's mission. For over two decades as publisher, Alex worked out front and behind the scenes to develop a strong identity for the region's business sector. He built a team to report on the diversity of the business community - the robust commercial real estate but also the nascent tech and venture..