Dave Reiter

Mr. Reiter, formerly DEF's executive director, now teaches high school mathematics at The Branson School in Marin County, California. He is also a life decision coach, guiding individuals through life-shaping decisions and has been an educator in a variety of organizations including Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before his work with DEF and Punahou School, Mr. Reiter taught decision analysis to graduate students at Stanford University, physics to high school students at Iolani School in Honolulu, and math to gifted teenagers through Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth and Stanford’s Education Program for Gifted Youth. He has also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Company. Mr. Reiter has repeatedly witnessed the transformative power of decision education and is dedicated to bringing these concepts to as wide an audience as possible. Mr. Reiter received a BA in physics from Harvard and an MS in engineering-economic systems from Stanford. He also has done extensive graduate work in decision analysis at Stanford University.