Richard “Rick” D. Neal, Jr.

President and CEO

Rick Neal is the Chief Executive Officer at Goodwill of Southern Nevada. Since joining the organization in June 2019, Neal had led Goodwill through the challenges of the pandemic to new heights in terms of operational strength and community impact.

Neal was previously with the Clark County School District, where he held the roles of chief operating officer and chief of staff and external relations beginning in June 2015. In this capacity, Neal served on the Nevada Homeland Security Working Group, The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Multicultural Advisory Committee, and as vice chairman of the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid Committee.

Prior to joining the Clark County School District, Neal served in the United States Air Force for 25 years as a security forces officer, his career culminating as commander of the 799th Air Base Group at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. Throughout his career, Colonel Neal served in various security forces roles at the squadron, group wing, and major command level.

Colonel Neal entered the Air Force in 1990 as a distinguished graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He is a graduate of the Air Force Security Officers Course, Air Base Ground Defense and Emergency Services Team courses as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy (FBINA). Neal earned a master’s degree in social psychology from Bellevue University in Nebraska, a master’s degree in military operational art and science from Air Command Staff College in Alabama, a master’s degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College in Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Neal lives in Las Vegas; he is married to Adrienne and they have six children. His hobbies include fitness and martial arts.