Joseph P. Vardner is a Director and the Antitrust Compliance Officer for Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. He designed and oversees the bank’s antitrust, anti-competitive, and anti-tying compliance programs. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Mr. Vardner worked at a top global law firm and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division. At the DOJ, Mr. Vardner represented the United States at trial in its challenge of a provision in agreements between a credit card network and merchants. He was also on the litigation team for its challenge to the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. He was awarded the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award and twice awarded the Antitrust Division’s Award of Distinction. At all three organizations, he served on the board of their LGBT diversity programs and is currently the finance chair of Wells Fargo’s PRIDE team member network. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his fiance and their two kittens.