Before joining NAB, Doug served as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA), where he oversaw the organization’s public policy issues and team.  Prior to joining EIA in 2003, he ran Alcatel’s Washington office.  While there, Doug was also a founding member of the High Tech Broadband Coalition (HTBC), which was the impetus for the landmark deregulation of broadband at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2003. 

From 1993-1997, he was Director of Legislative Affairs for the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel), where he helped draft and codify key elements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 

From 1991-1993, Doug was Vice President of Government Relations for the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). 

In the public sector, Doug was Senior Legislative Aide to Rep. Tom Bliley (R-VA), former Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy & Commerce.  His work on Capitol Hill focused primarily on communications policy matters.  In the Reagan Administration, he also served at the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the tenure of former FCC Chairman Alfred C. Sikes.  Doug began his career working in broadcasting at radio station WMAL-AM and as a stringer for ABC Radio. 

Doug holds a MBA from The George Washington University School of Business.  Doug lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife Diane and his three sons, Davis, Jeffrey and Jackson.