Mr. Bunner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam in 1985 and was admitted to the Alpha Kappa Delta National Sociology Honor Society. He graduated magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was second in his class. During law school, Mr. Bunner was a research assistant contributing to the 1999 Edition of Loring A Trustees Handbook. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in September 2000. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Bunner worked for over thirteen years as a Human Intelligence Officer in various positions within the Department of the Army and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He was recalled to active duty after September 11, 2001 and received two combat action ribbons, the Bronze Star and a number of lesser awards for actions in the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr. Bunner remains an Intelligence Officer in the United States Navy Reserve and is proficient in the Russian language.  He has been a Naples resident since 2000, where he lives with his wife and two children.