Michael Buckley oversees our communications, advocacy, and marketing, helping BrightFocus raise its visibility and collaborate with others to defeat diseases of mind and sight.
Buckley comes to BrightFocus after serving as communications director for the AFL-CIO’s Alliance for Retired Americans, where he helped lead grassroots education and mobilization on health care and retirement security. He previously served as the communications director for the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, as well as in similar roles for two policy research groups.
Buckley served as a volunteer communications director for the Obama campaign in Maryland in both 2007–2008 and 2012. He is a graduate of American University.