AFT Vice President
Eric Feaver is president of the MEA-MFT, AFL-CIO, which represents 17,500 professional and classified employees working in public schools, the university system, Head Start, state and local governments, and private healthcare across Montana. MEA-MFT is the merged union of the former Montana Education Association and the former Montana Federation of Teachers.

From 1974 to 1984, Feaver taught English and social studies in the Helena public schools. In 1984, he was elected president of the former MEA. He held that post until 2000, when he was elected the first president of MEA-MFT.

Feaver was born in Wyoming and raised in Oklahoma. From 1969 to 1970, he served in Vietnam in the 4th Infantry Division as an Army combat medic. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in government, history and economics from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Arts in American history from the University of Maryland, and an honorary doctorate from Montana State University.

(August 22, 2008)