Justin Schardin is deputy director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group. He previously served as a senior policy advisor for Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad of his native North Dakota, and for Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. He was also the former director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative. Before moving to Washington, DC in 2009, he co-founded a successful tech company in Fargo, ND, covered the 2008 Iowa caucuses as a reporter, and was a frequent radio host.
