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The Honorable Dean Heller

Senior Policy Advisor
daheller@Venable.com

A former U.S. Senator and member of the House of Representatives, Dean Heller is uniquely positioned to provide clients with well-informed counsel based on his extensive experience with finance, banking, commerce, technology, transportation, and other legislative matters.

Dean was sworn in to the United States Senate on May 9, 2011. Prior to his service in the Senate, Dean was the representative for Nevada's Second Congressional District and served as Nevada's secretary of state and in the Nevada State Assembly representing Carson City.

During his time in the Senate, Dean served on the Finance Committee, Banking Committee, Veterans' Affairs Committee, and Commerce Committee. While in the U.S. House of Representatives, he served on Ways and Means Committee. 

Dean was rated as the fifth most bipartisan senator by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. This bipartisanship enabled him to pass over 100 different pieces of legislation. 

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Government Experience

  • U.S. Senator, Nevada, 2011-2018
    • Member, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
      • Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Chair
      • Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
      • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
    • Member, Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
      • Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
      • Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
      • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security
      • Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
    • Member, Finance Committee
      • Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
      • Subcommittee on Health Care
      • Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Chair
    • Member, Veteran’s Affairs Committee
  • Representative, U.S. House of Representatives, 2007-2011
    • Member, Ways and Means Committee
      • Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
      • Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
    • Member, Financial Services
  • Secretary of State, Nevada, 1994-2006
  • Member, Nevada Assembly, 1991-1993

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Recent News

January 07, 2025

Former Senator and Congressman Dean Heller Joins Venable
Former Senator and Congressman Dean Heller Joins Venable

Credentials
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Education

  • B.S. cum laude University of Southern California 1985

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Member, Board of Directors, Bridger Aerospace, 2019-present
  • Former member, Board of Directors, Toyota Financial, 2019-2022
  • Former member, Nonprofit Board of Directors, SCI International, 2019-2022
  • Former member, Nonprofit Board of Directors, U.S.-China Transpacific Foundation, 2019-2020

Recognition
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  • Lugar Center and Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Fifth Most Bipartisan Senator