Neal
was born in 1942 in Randolph County, NC and has been a Raleigh/Wake County native for 61
years. He and his wife, Duden, have two grown children,
Eleanor and Kemp. The
children were educated in the Raleigh Public School system
from the first through the 12th grades. Neal attended grammar
school from the first through the fifth grades and junior
high school in Raleigh before going away to high school,
college and graduate school. He has a Bachelor of Science
degree from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and a Masters
Degree in Business from the Wharton School of Finance, University
of Pennsylvania.
Neal Hunt's
professional career after graduate school began with Wachovia
Bank. He was located in Raleigh and Winston Salem and headed
the commercial real estate mortgage divisions for the bank in both of
those cities. After leaving Wachovia in 1972 and for the
next 20 years, his companies developed about 4,000 housing units (apartments,
single family homes, and townhouses) from Richmond, Virginia
to Savannah, Georgia.
All
of the properties developed and/or constructed are excellent
examples of how to maintain the environment while providing
housing. Some examples of Senator Hunt's environmentally friendly
developments in the Triangle area are the Woods of North Bend, Summit at Avent
Ferry, and Hidden Oaks apartments in Raleigh; the Stafford
and Thistledown town homes and Whitehall cluster homes in
Raleigh; the Oak Hollow and Page Mill apartments in Cary;
the Pine Winds and Bryan Woods apartments in Garner, the
Woods Edge and Park Ridge apartments in Durham; and the
Bradford Place apartments in Chapel Hill.
Community, Political and Civic Activities:
NC Senate 2005 - current
Raleigh City Council 2001 - 2004
Raleigh Planning Commission 1995 - 2000
Chair Raleigh Planning Commission - last 3 years on Commission
Former Board Member and Treasurer of the Raleigh Rescue Mission
Former Corporate Board Member - Triangle Bank
Former Local Board Member - 1st Union National Bank
Former Board Member and President - Camp Oak Hill, current Advisory Board
Former Facilities Board Member - Raleigh YMCA
Former Vestry Member - Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Member Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Science
Member Advisory Board of Triangle Family Services
Member of Back Home Box Board of Directors (provides "Care" packages to our combat troops abroad)
Neal is currently serving in his third term in the North Carolina Senate representing the 15th District. He also was selected by his colleagues as Deputy Republican Senate Leader. Senator Hunt has been appointed to the following Senate committees:
Appropriations - Base Budget
Finance
Commerce
Transportation Appropriations
Joint Transportation Over-Sight Committee
