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Frank Allen Neal, Jr. was born in Augusta Georgia on September 7, 1968 to Frank Allen Neal, Sr. and Sarah Ann McCarthy Neal. Mr. Neal attended and graduated from George P. Butler Comprehensive High School in 1986. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of Georgia in 1991. He went on to obtain his Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Georgia Southern University in 1993. He did additional Graduate work in the Master of City & Regional Planning (MCRP) at the University of Memphis. While attending Georgia Southern University he was a graduate assistant with GSU Bureau of Public Affairs were he provided technical expertise to local governments. He went on to intern with and work full time with the City of Tybee Island Georgia as an Assistant to the City Manager (intern) and as Director of Planning & City Marshall (FT). He also served over a year as a VISTA Volunteer with Appalbanc serving the low- and very-low income of the Central Appalachian Region while working in Berea Kentucky. Mr. Neal has served a number of local governments including City Planner and Director of the Downtown Development Authority of Statesboro Georgia, Director of Community Services for Columbia County Georgia Board of Commissioners, Director of Planning for the City of Grovetown GA and once again as the Director of Planning for the City of Statesboro Georgia. Mr. Neal has also has stints in the private sector working for Haig Point on Daufuskie Island SC as the Architectural Review Board Administrator and Head of Construction. Mr. Neal is also the CEO of the Neal Group Construction and Development LLC a multi faceted Commercial/Residential Construction Company.

Mr. Neal has served on a number of Board of Directors to include the Georgia Planning Association, Bulloch County Habitat for Humanity, Augusta Sports Council, and Tybee Island Marine Science Foundation.

Mr. Neal holds a number of professional certifications and licenses. They include American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Certified Public Manager (CPM), and Certified Local Government Finance Officer. He also holds a South Carolina Unlimited Contractor's license.

Mr. Neal has two children Emory Allen Neal (18) and Evan Grant Neal (11).