Kimberly Neal, general counsel and grant relations officer for The Children’s Guild, was elected to the board of directors for the Baltimore chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

Neal joined The Children’s Guild in 2016 after a career as a business litigator in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She was drawn to the mission of The Children’s Guild, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming how America educates and cares for its children. The organization’s nonpublic schools, charter schools, therapeutic group homes, treatment foster care and other behavioral health services serve thousands of families in Maryland and the District of Columbia, especially those with children who have learning disabilities including emotional disorders and autism.

Neal serves on the BBB Maryland Foundation board and the Junior League of Baltimore’s Community Resource Board. She is also co-chair of the 2018 Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence Fundraising Gala. Her prior board service includes work for the Maryland affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Downtown Baltimore Child Care Inc.

Among her accolades, Neal is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell. The Daily Record counted her among the newspaper’s Top 100 Women in 2015 and Leading Women in 2013.

Neal earned her law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Mississippi State University with bachelor’s degrees in English and political science.

The Children’s Guild is an affiliate of TranZed Alliance, a nonprofit organization serving children, families and child-serving organizations and dedicated to transforming how America educates and cares for its children through education, behavioral health and national training and consultation services. Additional affiliates of TranZed Alliance include Monarch Academy, The Children’s Guild D.C. Public Charter School, The Transformation Education Institute, the TranZed Alliance Conference Center, The National Children’s Guild Fund and TranZed Apprenticeship Services. (www.tranzed.org)