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.