Marie Bucko
BIO
Marie Bucko currently serves as the President of the Student American Veterinary Medical Association and a fourth-year veterinary student at the University of Wisconsin. Before veterinary school, Marie served the US Food and Drug Administration\'s Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM) Program as a Science Policy Analyst, in Washington DC. She was the point person for the agency\'s Center for Veterinary Medicine helping to prepare and staff agency leadership for Congressional briefings, leading FVM\'s Congressional Appropriation\'s response efforts, coordinating industry meetings, & leading the National Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring System communications across USDA, CDC, and FDA. During this time she received her Master\'s of Science in Food Safety from Michigan State\'s College of Veterinary Medicine. Marie, her husband Justin, Penelope (dog), and Hugo (cat) reside in Madison, Wisconsin, frequenting all the custard shops in town. Upon graduation, she plans to continue her passion of working for animal agriculture through practice ownership and policy development.
