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David Feehan is President and CEO of Civitas Consultants LLC, a Maryland-based international consulting firm. Before entering private practice as a full-time consultant, he served as President and CEO of the International Downtown Association, the oldest and largest association serving business district organizations and leaders in the world. During Feehan's tenure at IDA, the association set records for conference attendance and membership, and added affiliates in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean. Feehan conducted more than forty advisory panels during his eight years at IDA, and was a frequent keynote speaker and presenter at conferences and meetings around the world, most recently speaking in Taipei, Denver and Montreal.
Feehan led successful downtown revitalization efforts in Des Moines, Detroit and Kalamazoo, and worked for more than twenty years revitalizing neighborhoods and community business districts. He organized the business improvement district in Des Moines, co-chaired the committee that oversaw the redesign of a major highway, and directed the Major Projects Task Force, a public-private partnership that led to the design and construction of a new science center, convention center, arena, multi-university center, riverfront improvements, residential and office development.
While in Detroit, Feehan organized the Greater Downtown Partnership and managed a 16 acre land acquisition project culminating in the purchase of the vacant Hudson's department store. Today a major computer firm's corporate headquarters is on that site.
In Kalamazoo, Feehan directed the award-winning Arcadia Creek project. He pioneered a new management philosophy while managing the municipal parking system, receiving several awards for exemplary customer service.
Feehan founded the Community Technical Assistance Center in Pittsburgh and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Citizens League, a public policy organization. He built the Minneapolis Communications Center into a founding mermber of the National Nonprofit Management Association.