She previously

directed the Georgia Agrarian Development Authority in Tifton from December

1990 until she was asked by then-Gov. Zell Miller to assume the position

of executive director of CYCC in 1993.

Neal served

as the assistant advertising director of Georgia Tourism in the late '80s.

Before her three years at the Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism,

she worked most of her career in the Georgia State Senate working for

14 of those years with Sen. Terrell Starr (Clayton County) who currently

serves as president pro-tem of the Senate.

Friends and

family predict that Neal will never officially retire. She has already

been called by one national recruiting firm but prefers to consult out

of her home office providing services in the communications field including

turnkey film and video production for documentaries, commercials, marketing

presentations and communications campaigns.

Teaming up

with Dan Johnson, president of ImageMaster Productions Inc., who produced

all of Neal's made for television productions, Neal can provide creative

services and production for radio and print campaign components.

She will also

work nationally for NIAAA, a Washington, D.C. organization, that directs

Keep Children Alcohol Free, an initiative that involves most of the country's

first ladies.