Connie Neal has been a member of the Center for Medicare Advocacy board of directors since 1986. She is currently serving as Secretary. Ms. Neal has served on several boards throughout the years, including those of Windham Memorial Community Hospital, Mt. Hope Montessori School, and Altrusa International, Inc. of Northeastern Connecticut, an association of professional women and men who volunteer their energies and expertise in projects dedicated to community betterment. Ms. Neal was President of the Foundation Board for Altrusa.
Ms. Neal attended the University of Hartford. She has been a Marketing representative for the New York Telephone Company, Assistant Director of Marketing and Promotion for American Express Travel and Leisure, and Director of Personnel for the Commissioner of Public Services of Springfield, Illinois. For the past 30 years, she has co-owned Smith-Keon Jewelers with her husband Bill, with whom she also raised two sons.