Tim McFeeley

Tim McFeeley (born 1946 in Johnstown, New York) is a lawyer and gay activist. He isthe Executive Director of the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), a progressive political non profit.

McFeeley received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Boston for 17 years, first as an associate at a mid-sized law firm and later as corporate counsel for National Medical Care, Inc., an organization that provided a variety of specialized health care services and products nationwide.^{[citation needed]}

In Boston, McFeeley was active in civic and political activities and served on the boards of directors of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders and Boston Aging Concerns. McFeeley was a founder of both the Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance and Baystate Democrats. He was a member of Boston's Ward Five Democratic Committee and served as its chairman from 1984-88. McFeeley was the principal draftsman of Boston's Human Rights Ordinance.^{[citation needed]}

From 1989-95, McFeeley served as Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay activist organization. During his five year tenure, HRC tripled the size of its staff and membership and quadrupled the size of its annual budget from $2 to $8 million.^{[citation needed]} In 1993 McFeeley directed HRCF's endeavors to lift the ban against gay and lesbian members of the Armed Services, an unsuccessful effort that led to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. During that spring, McFeeley was part of the first delegation of gay and lesbian leaders to meet with the President in the Oval Office.^{[citation needed]}

Following his departure from HRCF in January 1995, McFeeley provided consulting services to a variety of for-profit and nonprofit organizations, including the National Senior Citizens Law Center, Common Cause, the National Association of Commissions for Women, and the National Stonewall Democrats. Since January 2001, McFeeley has served as Political Director for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, directing its efforts in policy research, field organizing and leadership development.^{[citation needed]}

McFeeley authored The Price of Access, a book that describes and analyzes the federal end-stage renal disease program. McFeeley resides in Washington, D.C. and Provincetown, Massachusetts with his spouse, Robert J. Mondzak.