Ashanté Phiri

Ashanté Phiri was a short, dark, human female who wore waist-length braids and worked for Nanietta Bacco in various positions for many years.

Along with her future husband Fred MacDougan, she worked as an intern on Bacco's campaign to be elected representative of Pike City's Fifth District. After ten years of working together, MacDougan and Phiri, with a strong push from Bacco, finally married.

Phiri worked as Bacco's political advisor during her time as governor of Cestus III and during her campaing to be elected President of the United Federation of Planets. After her election, she became the the deputy chief of staff working directly under Esperanza Piñiero. (TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)