Thomas C. Feeney, III President & Chief Executive Office, Associated Industries of

Tom Feeney represented the 24th Congressional District of Florida, which covers portions of Brevard, Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties. Feeney, elected from 2002 to 2008, was previously Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and was Governor 's running mate in his first race for governor in 1994.

Representative Feeney graduated in 1980 from Penn State University with a B.A. in Political Science and obtained his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1983. Feeney made Central Florida home 23 years ago and was elected in 1990 to the Florida House of Representatives where he served two terms before being chosen as Governor Bush's running mate.

In 1994 he joined the Board of Directors of the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee, before returning to the State Legislature in 1995. In 2000 Feeney was elected Speaker of the Florida House, where he served until his election to Congress in 2002.

Feeney’s service while on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (2002-2008) included experience in banking, insurance, monetary and fiscal policy, corporate governance, and a wide variety of financial issues. Additionally, Feeney served on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, leading on Intellectual Property and Anti- Trust issues among others. Feeney served additionally on the U.S. House Science Committee for six years, including serving as ranking member of the Space Subcommittee.

In his first term in Congress, Feeney brought common sense principles from his service in Florida to the U.S. House of Representatives. His six principles: less government, lower taxes, personal responsibility, individual freedom, stronger families, and national defense gained popularity on Capitol Hill and became the guiding principles for the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest organization in the House of Representatives. Representative Feeney was consistently named a "Taxpayer Superhero" and "Taxpayers' Friend" by the Citizens Against Government Waste and the , respectively.

Feeney currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Florida’s Future, as well as the Space Foundation. He is a member of the Florida TaxWatch Board of Trustees, and is an Advisory Board Member on their TaxWatch Center for Government Efficiency.