Meet Patrick Feighery, Vice National Commodore
Biography of Commodore Patrick Feighery
Commodore Pat Feighery joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary in June of 2001 in Boca Raton, Florida, District 7. He held several Flotilla, Division, and District Staff Positions and also served in all elected positions up to and including as District Captain.
In 2012, Commodore Feighery moved from Florida to Alabama and transferred to the 8th Coastal Region, where he served in National Staff positions and as the 8th Coastal Region Chief Qualification Examiner Coordinator. In 2019 he was elected as the 8th Coastal Region’s District Chief of Staff and was elected as District Commodore for the years 2021 and 2022. He served most recently as Deputy National Commodore, Atlantic West and Operations, before assuming the office of Vice National Commodore.
Commodore Feighery graduated from Thomas More University, Edgewood, Kentucky, in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting; he is also a graduate of the Butler County Ohio Police Academy. His professional background is in business and law enforcement. He retired in 2014 as National Fleet Manager and Director of Safety for Source Interlink Companies, a national distributor of books and Magazines.
Commodore Feighery’s Auxiliary awards include Meritorious Service Medal (3), Medal of Operational Merit, Auxiliary Commendation Medal, Auxiliary Achievement Medal (2), Commandant Letter of Commendation (2), Sustained Service Award with Silver Hourglass, Presidential Unit Citation, Cost Guard Unit Commendation (2), Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation (16), and the AUXOP Pin.
Commodore Feighery currently holds USCGAUX certifications as a Qualification Examiner, Instructor, Vessel Examiner, Uninspected Passenger Vessel Examiner, Program Visitor, Watchstander, Fingerprint Technician, Auxiliary TCT Facilitator and Boat Crew Coxswain.