Duke Leadership Academy Scholars Profile

Doug Heron

Title: Assoc. VP for State Relations
Location:
Senior Management Area: Office of Public Affairs and Government Relations
Class Year: 2019

Bio:
Mr. Heron has been with Duke since 2014 serving in a variety of capacities in government relations and as Duke's registered lobbyist in North Carolina. He was recently asked to lead the newly-created Duke Office of State Relations. Prior to joining Duke, he worked as a partner and an associate in a government relations practice at a large multistate law firm in Raleigh, NC. He also served as the director of government affairs and legislative counsel for the North Carolina Bar Association, and prior to that spent several years lobbying in Washington, DC. Mr. Heron previously served as the President of the North Carolina Lobbyists Association and is the Chair of the Durham Chamber Public Policy Committee. A graduate of James Madison University, Pennsylvania State University's Dickinson School of Law and the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, Mr. Heron is a licensed attorney who also holds the rank of Captain in the US Army Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps. Mr. Heron is also a graduate of Leadership North Carolina Class XXV.