Naomi Schaefer Riley is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on issues of child welfare, as well as a senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum. A former New York Post columnist and a former Wall Street Journaleditor and writer, she is the author of several books on education, religion and family.

Ms. Riley's writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the LA Times, and the Washington Post, among other publications. She appears regularly on Fox News and Fox Business and CNBC. She has also appeared on Q&A with Brian Lamb as well as the Today Show.

She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with degrees in English and Government. She lives in the suburbs of New York City with her husband, Jason, and their three children.