Richard Feeney received his BE (Bachelor of Engineering) in Mechanical Engineering in 1975 from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, and MS, Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and MBA, Management in 1990 both from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In March 2008 he was assigned by Tetra Tech EC Inc. to be the Project Engineer for the Lower Fox River Remediation of PCBs, where he is still at work.