Alvin McNeal

Biography: Alvin McNeal Deputy Director for Administration and Development Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Riverdale, MD Mr. McNeal has over thirty years of senior level management experience in master land use planning, real estate development and construction, transit-oriented development, parks and recreation planning, as well as strategic asset management and public/private partnerships and administration. Mr. McNeal specializes in urban economics, public/ private development, transit oriented development and land use planning. He is the founder and president of The McNeal Group, a firm that provides land use, affordable housing, urban planning and real estate development consulting services to public and private businesses, educational institutions, private landowners, and public and international agencies. Clients included the Kettler Company, Akridge, Verizon (Washington, DC), Robinson Associates, LLC, Union Realty Partner, Inc., Trammell Crow Company, The Clarkson Group (Jacksonville, Florida), LCOR, Greenvest, Metamorphosis Development, Mosaic Development, TOUSA, Donatelli Development, Gragg Associates, Jenkins Associates and The John Buck Company (Chicago, Illinois). In addition, he has served as an instructor in urban planning and development at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland, served as an asset management consultant to Howard University and North Carolina Central University, and a transportation consultant to the Ministry of Transportation for Romania under a contract with the World Bank (2005 – 2007). He has authored several articles on public/private development issues and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) for national and local publications, and has made numerous presentations at local and national conferences on Executive management, Land Use Planning, Affordable Housing, TOD and Public Private/Partnerships. He is the co-editor of the very popular Washington on Foot.