Feaster is a graduate of Susquehanna University, where he was president of the Lambda Beta chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional music fraternity.
[3] As a young lawyer with Harrisburg firm McNees, Wallace & Nurick in 1988, he was assigned to deal with the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company.
In the 2003–04 NHL season, the Lightning won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history while The Sporting News named Feaster as the league's executive of the year.
Feaster remained general manager until 2008, when he grew frustrated at interference in the team's hockey operations by the Lightning's new owners Len Barrie and Oren Koules.
Feaster used his time to take the Cup back to his hometown of Williamstown, PA, where the town declared it "Jay's Day" and had a fire truck parade for him and his family.
[8] On July 7, 2014, Feaster rejoined the Tampa Bay Lightning front office as their executive director of community hockey development.
[3] His eldest daughter Theresa is currently working for the 2014-2015 NCAA Men's Hockey National Champion team, the Providence Friars.