Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации
Laitner leads a team of consultants, the Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates based in Tucson, Arizona. He is the past president of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), an independent interdisciplinary professional association in higher education. He is also a senior economic research fellow for the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).