Tony Clark is the Executive Director of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the organization that represents state utility regulators in the United States. He was a Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2012 to 2016. Tony served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 2001 to 2012, including more than five years as the Commission’s chairman. While on the North Dakota Commission, he was the 2010-2011 president of NARUC. He was North Dakota’s Labor Commissioner in the Cabinet of Governor Edward T. Schafer and is a former North Dakota state legislator.

After leaving the public sector in 2016, he was engaged in consulting, where he advised clients on complex regulatory and public policy matters. He is a former director of a publicly traded energy company. As a recognized expert on energy, telecommunications, and utility issues, he speaks frequently on regulatory matters, and he has appeared multiple times before committees of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and state legislatures. He holds undergraduate degrees from North Dakota State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of North Dakota.