Tyler Hardy serves as Deputy Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, and a senior member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. In this role, he manages the Senator’s legislative agenda across appropriations, financial services, tax, trade, and transportation policy.

Tyler is focused on data-driven solutions to complex policy challenges and has led the development and enactment of significant legislation on agricultural taxation, agribusiness banking, rural energy development, and rural transportation. Over more than a decade in the public and private sectors, he has worked on major initiatives including annual appropriations bills, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, the FAA Reauthorization Act, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CARES Act, the Agriculture Improvement Act, and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. An Aviation enthusiast, he regularly serves as a guest lecturer on Aviation Policy at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota.

A native of Washington State, Tyler earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Dakota. He lives in Leesburg, Virginia with his wife and son.