Michael G. Caudell-Feagan

Senior Director, Programs, Government Performance
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Michael Caudell-Feagan manages state advocacy campaigns and policy initiatives. This portfolio includes the Children’s Dental Health Campaign, Election Initiatives, Home Visiting Campaign, Public Safety Performance Project, and the Results First project.

As head of policy initiatives, Caudell-Feagan guides Pew’s work to drive advances in states.  His responsibilities include oversight of the development of campaign and communication strategies, implementation of technical assistance programs, and design of research agendas.

Caudell-Feagan has had a long career in public interest advocacy and philanthropy, with extensive experience in state campaigns, programs and operations. Before joining Pew, Caudell-Feagan served as a philanthropic strategist for 15 years, designing and directing funding of policy campaigns and voter engagement programs. He has provided management and consulting services to private and family foundations, including the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, Frances Fund, JEHT Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Proteus Fund, Solidago Foundation, and Stern Family Fund. Prior to entering the field of philanthropy, he was the founder and executive director of Equal Justice Works, which collaborates with the nation’s leading law schools, law firms, corporate legal departments, and nonprofit organizations to ensure a sustainable pipeline of talented and trained lawyers involved in public service, and a federal and state lobbyist for public interest research groups.

Caudell-Feagan holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Hamilton College and a law degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center.