Douglas Phason
VP Government Relations/External Affairs NAMCO
Douglas Phason is the President of the Phason Group and the NAMCO (National Association of Minority Companies Inc.) VP Government Relations/External Affairs. He recently retired as Supplier Diversity Officer at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) where he was responsible for encouraging 34 participating utilities companies to purchase 21.5 percent of their goods and services from diverse firms: 15 percent minority owned firms, 5 percent women owned firms and 1.5 percent disabled veteran owned firms. Mr. Phason also served as advisor to the five Commissioners.
Mr. Phason also served as the CPUC Liaison for the California Utilities Diversity Council and staff to the Utility Market Place Access Subcommittee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
Prior to joining the CPUC in 2004, Mr. Phason was an Associate Director at AT&T for Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Phason retired from AT&T with 31 years of service.
Mr. Phason has been featured in award winning DyNAMC Leaders for a Changing World Magazine™ and is a 2014 NAMCO Top Influential Person Walk the Walk Diversity Awardee.