Marcy M. Buckner is Director of State Affairs with the National Association of Health Underwriters, working with Regions 5 and 6.  In this capacity, she monitors state legislative and regulatory issues affecting the health insurance industry.  Marcy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from the College of Charleston in South Carolina, and her Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in Boston, MA.  While in law school she clerked for the Massachusetts Bar Association, and for the State of Massachusetts in both the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Comptroller.  Marcy started her policy career with Multistate Associates as a Legislative Research Analyst providing legislative and regulatory intelligence to thirteen international corporations, federal agencies, and political interest groups.  Marcy joined NAHU in April of 2012, bringing with her experience from the American Occupational Therapy Association where she worked as the Manager of State Affairs and wrote model legislation and regulatory comment letters advocating for the practice of occupational therapy.