Karama C. Neal, PhD MA

Education: PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Emory University Executive Education, Impact Investing Programme, University of Oxford MA, Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago BA, Biology, Swarthmore College Key interest areas Social entrepreneurship Heir property policy Internet equity Family economic mobility Community development Nontraditional access to education Specialized Skills: Nonprofit management Strategic planning Research and analysis Change management Program evaluation Informatics Public speaking

Selected Professional Experience: Nonprofit management (progressive responsibility), Southern Bancorp Community Partners, 2009present Student development program management, Emory University, 20052008 Bionformatics curation (progressive responsibility), Incyte Corporation, 20002005

[email protected] www.karamaneal.com

Karama Neal, PhD, MA, uses her experience in nonprofit management, genetics and bioethics research, and social justice blogging to promote equal access to health, education, and opportunity for all people through teaching, research, practice, advocacy, and service. Her experience in academic, corporate, and nonprofit arenas has given her broad experience in strategic planning, public speaking, analysis, evaluation, and expository, technical, and persuasive writing. She conceptualizes, develops, directs, and promotes a variety of solution-oriented programs, projects, and opportunities that support positive social change that is sustainable, scalable, and/or replicable. Karama was drawn to the basic biosciences because of the potential to contribute to human wellness. After many years in that field, she transitioned to work that has a more immediate effect on human well-being. Karama speaks frequently on family economic security, land retention, internet equity, career development, and her faith. She has taught both online and in the classroom at Emory University, Loyola University Chicago, Shorter College, and the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences. She serves on the board of the Arkansas Literacy Council and the Arkansas Broadband Council and is the author of the award winning blog promoting ethics in action, So What Can I Do. Karama is a graduate of the historic Little Rock Central High School and lives in Little Rock with her family.

Selected Presentations:  Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus, West Memphis, AR (2012-2014) Panel Member for the annual session entitled, Best Practices in Community Development.  Individual Development Account Policy, Practice, and Research Summit, Fayetteville, AR (2012) Facilitated group discussion on child savings accounts for higher education. University of Arkansas School of Social Work.  University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR (2010-2013) Annually presented Southern Bancorp’s community development and business model to undergraduates in the Introduction to Nonprofit Professional Studies class.  Building ASSETS for Families Leadership Roundtable, Dallas, TX (2012) Panel member for the session entitled, Government Funding Sources That Can Be Used as AFI Match. Administration for Children and Families, Region VI.  Delta Regional Authority Policy Conference, Little Rock, AR (2011) Panel member for the session entitled, Strengthening Delta Communities: Philanthropy and Nonprofits at Work in the Delta.  National Black Arts Festival DNA Institute, Atlanta, GA (2008) Guest speaker for the seminar for K-12 science teachers. Presented “’Race,’ Ancestry, and DNA Testing.” Health Care Ethics  Consortium of Georgia Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (2008) Presented: “Race,” Ethnicity, and Genetic Testing."

Selected Publications:  Neal, KC. (2014) The Best of So What Can I Do: A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Service. E-book.  Neal, KC, M Maupin, M, T Edwards, B Kaufman, M Covington (2012) College Savings Accounts: Multiple Paths to a Brighter Future.  Neal, KC. (2008) "Google Health: Organizing Your Medical Information" in Bioethics Forum.  Neal, KC. (2008) Use and Misuse of "Race" in Biomedical Research. Online Journal of Health Ethics. 1(1).  Neal, KC. (2006) Analogical Trends in US Umbilical Cord Blood Legislation. American Journal of Bioethics. 6(6):68-70.  Neal, KC. A Pannuti, ER Smith , JC Lucchesi. (2000) A new member of the MYST family of histone acetyltransferases with high sequence similarity to Drosophila MOF. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1490(1): 170-174.  Benes, H., KC Neal, RL Willis, D Gadde, AB Castleberry, SE Korochkina. (1996) Overlapping Lsp-2 gene sequences target expression to both the larval and adult Drosophila fat body. Insect Molecular Biology 5(1) 39-49.  Benes, H., DW Spivey, J Miles, K Neal, RG Edmondson. (1990) Fat body specific expression of the Drosophila Lsp-2 gene. SAAS Bulletin of Biochemistry and Biotechnology 3: 129-133.