Douglas Alan Hartwick (born 1950)[1] is a business and NGO consultant, lecturer, and former senior U.S. diplomat and U.S. ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Laos (2001–2004).

[4] In August 2005, he assumed his duties as International Advisor to the Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) and as economics faculty member.

In January 2006, Hartwick was named United States Assistant Trade Representative for South and Southwest Asian Affairs.

During his tenure, he worked closely with the Hmong-American communities in Minnesota and California and was voted "Man of the Year 2003" by the editors of the online periodical Vientiane Times.

[8] Hartwick helped lead the State Department's and interagency efforts to provide humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to countries devastated by the 2004 tsunami.

He accompanied former Presidents George H.W Bush and Bill Clinton to the region in February 2005 to investigate the damage and needs of concerned countries.

Hartwick returned to Washington in July 2009 and assumed an advisory role with the corporation until completing his term in December 2009.