Byron Dorgan

Byron Dorgan served as the U.S. Senator from North Dakota from 1992 to 2011; before that, he served as U.S. Representative from North Dakota from 1981 to 1992.

During his time in the Senate, Byron served as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee from 1999 to 2011. He was Chairman of Senate Committees and Subcommittees on the issues of Energy, Aviation, Appropriations, Water Policy and Indian Affairs.

He is a Senior Policy Advisor at Arent Fox LLP, Adjunct Visiting Professor at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute, Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C. and founder and Chairman of the Center for Native American Youth, at the Aspen Institute, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people on Indian Reservations.

Byron earned his BS from the University of North Dakota and an MBA from the University of Denver.