Tim Oleary is the Vice President of McPherson Associates, Inc., where he oversees the daily direct marketing and fundraising activities of clients in public broadcasting, non-profit and government organizations. Before joining McPherson Associates in 2002, he served eight years on active duty in the U.S. Navy – six of them overseas – working at duty stations in Guam, Japan and Italy. As a member of the Navy’s public affairs program, his responsibilities included media and public relations, communications planning, news reporting, video production and web content management.

Tim holds a communications degree from The University of Maryland. and is a graduate of the military’s Defense Information School. He is a member of the Direct Marketing Fundraising Association, the DMA Nonprofit Federation, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education and the Phi Kappa Phi honor society.