# Doug Dean > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doug_Dean > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doug_Dean.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dean > Source revision: 1349858222 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Doug Dean | image = | image_size = | office = Director of the [Colorado Public Utilities Commission](/source/Colorado_Public_Utilities_Commission) | term_start = 2005 | term_end = 2022 | office1 = [Colorado Insurance Commissioner](/source/Colorado_Insurance_Commissioner) | term_start1 = 2003 | term_end1 = 2005 | predecessor1 = M. Michael Cook ''(Acting)'' | successor1 = David Rivera | office2 = 52nd [Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives](/source/Speaker_of_the_Colorado_House_of_Representatives) | term_start2 = 2001 | term_end2 = 2003 | predecessor2 = [Russell George](/source/Russell_George_(American_politician)) | successor2 = [Lola Spradley](/source/Lola_Spradley) | office3 = Majority Leader of the [Colorado House of Representatives](/source/Colorado_House_of_Representatives) | term_start3 = 1999 | term_end3 = 2001 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = Lola Spradley | state_house4 = Colorado | district4 = 18th | term_start4 = 1995 | term_end4 = 2003 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|12|31}} | birth_place = [Story City, Iowa](/source/Story_City%2C_Iowa), US | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | spouse = {{marriage|Sheila Baughman|1981|end=div.}}{{Cite web|url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/leg/leg0107c.htm|title=DenverPost.com - Colorado Legislature|website=extras.denverpost.com}}
{{marriage|Gloria Sanak|2001|end =div}}{{marriage|Jenifer Waller|2011|}} | children = 4; 2 stepchildren | branch = | alma_mater = | footnotes = }} '''Doug Dean''' (born December 31, 1960) is an American politician from the state of [Colorado](/source/Colorado).{{cite web|title=Presidents and Speakers of the Colorado General Assembly|url=http://hermes.cde.state.co.us/drupal/islandora/object/co:10287/datastream/OBJ/view|publisher=Colorado Virtual Library|year=2013|accessdate=June 14, 2021}} A Republican, he represented the 18th district representing north Colorado Springs the [Colorado House of Representatives](/source/Colorado_House_of_Representatives) from 1994 to 2003, and served as House Majority leader from 1999 to 2001 and Speaker of the House from 2001 to 2003. Dean was born in [Story City, Iowa](/source/Story_City%2C_Iowa) and attended [Tennessee Temple University](/source/Tennessee_Temple_University) and the [University of Tennessee at Chattanooga](/source/University_of_Tennessee_at_Chattanooga). In 1998, Dean was the House sponsor of Senate Bill 171, which created the Metropolitan Football Stadium District for the [Denver Broncos](/source/Denver_Broncos). After approval from the voters of the district, it resulted in the demolition of [Mile High Stadium](/source/Mile_High_Stadium) and the construction of a new stadium.{{Cite web |title=The Denver Post Online: New Broncos Stadium |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/stadium/stad0421a.htm |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=extras.denverpost.com}} It is currently known as [Empower Field at Mile High](/source/Empower_Field_at_Mile_High). Dean was a proponent of the state's public charter schools, and in 2001 passed the first bill to fully fund charter schools after a three year battle.{{Cite web |title=DenverPost.com - Colorado Legislature |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/leg/leg0315.htm |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=extras.denverpost.com}} Dean was appointed to serve as Colorado Insurance Commissioner from 2003 to 2005 by [Governor Bill Owens](/source/Bill_Owens_(Colorado_politician)).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2003/01/06/daily8.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} He served as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Chairman of the Collaborative Actions Working Group (CAWG) which led multi-state market conduct examinations of insurance companies. He also chaired the Interstate Compact Implementation Task Force. In 2005, Dean led a multi-state investigation of illegal practices of title insurance companies which led to significant reform in the industry.{{Cite web |last=ALTA.org |title=Colorado insurance commissioner confirms new title probe |url=https://www.alta.org/news/news.cfm?20050419-Colorado-insurance-commissioner-confirms-new-title-probe |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=ALTA.org}} He served as Director of the [Colorado Public Utilities Commission](/source/Colorado_Public_Utilities_Commission) from February 2005 until his retirement in December 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://puc.colorado.gov/pucdirector|title=Director of the Public Utilities Commission | Public Utilities Commission|website=puc.colorado.gov}}{{cite web| url = https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/02/28/daily10.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050306182623/http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/02/28/daily10.html| archive-date = 2005-03-06| title = Doug Dean named to head PUC - 2005-02-28}} During his tenure he was responsible for implementing Colorado's transition towards significant renewable energy resources. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Doug}} Category:Living people Category:1960 births Category:Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives Category:Speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives Category:21st-century Colorado politicians Category:20th-century members of the Colorado General Assembly Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Doug Dean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dean) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dean?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.