Neill serves as Director of Development for Self-Help, a community development lender, credit union, and real estate developer that works to create and protect economic opportunity for all, especially people of color, women, and rural and low-wealth communities. In this role, Neill manages Self-Help’s efforts to raise the grant funds needed to support its mission and liaises directly with a variety of external funders and partners including foundations, government agencies, and other financial institutions.
Prior to joining Self-Help in 2006, Neill worked for nearly a decade New Orleans, where his work focused on linking low-income residents to financial education and asset- building opportunities. Neill graduated from Duke University and holds graduate degrees from Tulane and the University of South Florida. Since 2000, he has served on the board of the Strachan Family Foundation, supporting their mission of promoting education and health initiatives in Central America. Neill serves on the steering committee of the Carolinas Chapter of the Asset Funders Network and also as the board Co-chairman of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History in Chapel Hill, NC.