Mike Buckley is a Senior Communications Manager at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, where responsibilities include strategic public and media relations for significant projects such as the NASA-sponsored New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Parker Solar Probe mission. Prior to this role, Buckley served as a Senior Public Information Officer and Senior Writer/Editor at Engineering Technologies Associates, focusing on multifaceted desktop publishing projects for the U.S. Additionally, experience includes serving as Associate Editor at the Air Force Sergeants Association, where duties encompassed writing and editing a monthly magazine and newsletters, as well as developing marketing materials. Buckley holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland.