Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of University of Houston at Sugar Land and University of Houston at Katy
jayneal@uh.edu

Dr. Neal currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Operating Officer of the University of Houston at Sugar Land and University of Houston at Katy. He also served as an associate professor at the UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management where he taught for more than 15 years, and as the Interim Director of the Hilton College at San Antonio.

Dr. Neal has a Ph.D. in Food Microbiology from Texas A&M University, and a B.S. and a Master's degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Houston. Additionally, he has industry experience in the food and beverage sector, and is a member of the International Association of Food Protection, a member of the Institute of Food Technologists, and a member of the Research Chefs Association. He is a past recipient of the Donald Greenway Award for Teaching Excellence.