Doug Dean

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Doug Dean

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| office = Director of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission

| term_start = 2005

| term_end = 2022

| office1 = 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

| term_start2 = 2001

| term_end2 = 2003

| predecessor2 = Russell George

| successor2 = Lola Spradley

| office3 = Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives

| term_start3 = 1999

| term_end3 = 2001

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| 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, US

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| party = Republican

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| 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

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Doug Dean (born December 31, 1960) is an American politician from the state of 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 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 and attended Tennessee Temple University and the 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. After approval from the voters of the district, it resulted in the demolition of 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.

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.{{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 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.