Maria Feeley

About Maria Feeley

C-Suite Executive and trusted advisor with wide breadth of legal, business, and management experience as a College Board Chair, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, Secretary of the Board, Outside Counsel, Senior Government Official, Division I Athletics Director, and Board Member of academic and other institutions. Business oriented lawyer, facilitator and problem solver providing practical advice and creative solutions. EXPERIENCE: • BOARD CHAIR: Currently serve as Chair of the Board of Trustees, Rosemont College. • C-LEVEL EXECUTIVE: Currently, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Washington and Lee University. Formerly:(1) Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, and Interim Director of Athletics (2 years) of the University of Hartford, a private university with seven colleges offering over 100 degree programs, with students from 48 states and 63 countries, and a robust Division I Athletics Program; and (2) Chief Legal Officer of Florida A&M University, responsible for the Office of General Counsel, Office of Enterprise Risk Management, and Office of EEO and Title IX Compliance. • STATE ETHICS COMMISSIONER: Appointed by Pennsylvania Republican Governor Tom Corbett to serve as one of seven commissioners of this independent state agency charged with enforcing the Ethics Act, and certain provisions of the Lobbying Disclosure Law, the Gaming Act, and the Medical Marijuana Act.• DIVISION I ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Served for nearly two years as Interim Athletics Director, University of Hartford, managing over 75 full-time employees, 17 athletic programs, and a budget of over $22 million. • AMLAW 100 PARTNER: Former Pepper Hamilton LLP (n/k/a Troutman Pepper LLP) partner and senior consultant for Freeh Group International Solutions, a global risk management company former FBI Director Louis Freeh founded and Pepper acquired in 2012.CORE KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS: Higher Education; Collegiate Athletics; Strategic Counseling; Business Advisory & Solutions; Institutional Response and Situation Management; Enterprise Risk Management (ERM); Budget Preparation & Management; Policy Development & Implementation; Corporate and Nonprofit Governance; Fundraising; Ethics; Compliance; Complex Commercial Litigation; Internal Investigations; ADR; Labor & Employment Counseling; Training; Negotiations; Contracts; Collective Bargaining; Customer Service, Loyalty, & Retention; Strategic Partnership Planning; Government Relations; Team Leadership & Motivation; Public Speaking.

Experience

1. Chair, Board of Trustees

   Rosemont College

   Jan 2012 — Present · Rosemont, PA, US

   Board member since 2012; Chair since 2016; adjunct business law professor from 2006 through 2015. As Board Chair, work in partnership with fellow Board members, the President, and senior leadership, to achieve the mission of Rosemont College, sustain operations, and attain strategic priorities.

Education

• Rosemont College

  B.A., Mathematics and History

• Washington and Lee University School of Law

  J.D.

  1997

Skills

• Civil Litigation
• Fraud Prevention
• Project Management
• Claims Investigations
• Diversity Training
• Negotiation
• Contract Negotiation
• Higher Education
• Risk Assessment
• International Business
• International Law
• Corporate Fraud Investigations
• Internal Investigations
• Supervisory Skills
• Legal Compliance
• Diversity Program Development
• Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Litigation
• Problem Management
• Legal Advice
• Unfair Trade Practices
• Arbitration
• Business Ethics
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Public Speaking
• Claims Resolution
• Legal Opinions
• Non-Profit Leadership
• Strategic Negotiations
• Claims Management
• Management
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Mediation
• Government
• Trials
• Risk Management
• Litigation Management
• Due Diligence
• Procurement