Doug Heron is responsible for all North Carolina legislative and policy issues in areas of interest to Duke University Health System, Duke LifePoint Hospitals and Duke University. He also assists with issues at the federal level that affect Duke Medicine and the health system.

A licensed attorney, Mr. Heron has more than 10 years of combined experience in governmental affairs. Prior to joining Duke, he worked as an associate and partner in the government and government affairs practice group at Williams Mullen in Raleigh, NC. He also served as the director of government affairs and legislative counsel for the North Carolina Bar Association and spent several years as an assistant director of government affairs for Greenberg Traurig in Washington, DC. He is currently serving as the President of the North Carolina Lobbyists Association

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 also holds the rank of Captain in the US Army Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps and is assigned to the 108th Training Command.