Aaron Hedlund — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Member, White House Council of Economic Advisers
Associate Professor of Economics and Real Estate Finance at Purdue University
Research Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Chief Economist at the Show-Me Institute
Served as Research Director at the America First Policy Institute (2021-2025)
Holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Aaron Hedlund is a Presidentially appointed Member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He is currently on leave from his position as an Associate Professor of Economics and Real Estate Finance in the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University. Additionally, he serves as a Research Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and as the Chief Economist at the Show-Me Institute.

From 2021 to 2025, Hedlund was the Research Director at the America First Policy Institute.