He is president of the Maryland-based public relations firm Robert Weiner Associates and the founder and board member of the MD nonprofit group Solutions for Change.
Weiner is best known for his progressive editorial articles, published in newspapers across the country, in which he addresses contemporary American public policy from a center-left position.
From 1990 through 1995, he was the press secretary and communications director on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Operations and National Security Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman John Conyers.
From May 1995 until August 2001, Mr. Weiner served as chief of press relations and director of public affairs for the White House Office of Drug Policy.
He has been interviewed frequently on drug policy issue on CNN's Crossfire, Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect, and on other television and radio programs and in print media.