Lindsay Fryer

As the founder of Lodestone DC, Lindsay Fryer advises organizations at the national, state, and local levels on the development and execution of policy and advocacy strategies. She brings deep expertise in federal legislative and regulatory processes and is widely respected for her ability to drive durable policy change. Her work spans federal education, workforce, research, and related social service issues from both authorizing and appropriations perspectives. She was named one of Washingtonian magazine’s Top Education Lobbyists in Washington, DC in 2023 and 2024. Before founding Lodestone DC, Lindsay worked at a leading lobbying firm supporting the federal policy agendas of major corporations, membership associations, philanthropic organizations, and research institutions. She secured numerous policy and funding wins by building bipartisan support on Capitol Hill and working effectively across multiple presidential administrations. Lindsay previously served as a senior education policy advisor to former Chairman Lamar Alexander on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. She served as the Chairman’s principal negotiator on S. 1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95). Earlier, Lindsay was a professional staff member on the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, where she managed a broad education and workforce portfolio for the Chairman and House Republican Conference. Lindsay also worked at the American Institutes for Research, managing tasks on large-scale randomized field trials and providing research and consulting support to state and local leaders on high school dropout prevention. She helped develop an Early Warning System to identify students at risk of dropping out and authored multiple reports on these topics. Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and English, with a minor in special education, from Boston College, and a master’s degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University. She serves as a Governor-appointed member of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).