Diane Bast

Sherwood, Wisconsin

She previously served as senior editor, executive editor, and finance manager.

Before retiring in early 2018, she oversaw production of the QPR membership newsletter and all books, policy studies, e-newsletters, and other policy publications produced by Heartland. She also served as Heartland’s finance manager responsible for day-to-day accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance with reporting requirements of the federal and state governments.

Bast has edited or written more than 160 studies and 20 books on state and local public policy, including all volumes in the Climate Change Reconsidered series produced by Heartland for the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change. She served on the board of directors of the Advocates for Self Government from 2009 to December 2016.

Prior to joining The Heartland Institute in 1987, Bast was co-editor of the bimonthly magazine Nomos and worked as a paralegal for a Chicago-based law firm. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice and constitutional law from the University of Wisconsin.

Diane Bast Contributions

March 19, 2015
  • Taxes
  • Entitlements
  • Economy
  • Government Spending
March 19, 2015
  • Taxes
  • Entitlements
  • Economy
  • Government Spending