Committee Assignments:

  Rules
  Ways and Means

Occupation: Minister/Vice Pres., New Horizons Systems, Inc.

Biography:NEAL, Joseph H. "Joe" [D]--(Dist. No. 70, Richland-Sumter Cos.)--Minister/VP, New Horizons Systems, Inc.; Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Chester; residing at 1326 Clarkson Rd., Hopkins; b. Aug. 31, 1950; s. Choatte R., Sr. and LaVerne K. Neal; g. Benedict Coll., B.A., 1972; post graduate studies, Colgate Divinity, Pittsburg Theological Seminary; Hon. D.D., Benedict Coll.; Chm., Citizens for Hopkins Comm. Organization; mem.: Moving Forward Comm. Group; NAACP; Kappa Alpha Psi Frat., Inc.; Amer. Soc. Software Engineers; Bd. of Dirs., past mem., S.C. Fair Share; co-founder, CLEAN-Citizens Local Environment Action Network; Bd. mem., S.C. Environmental Watch; founder and Bd. mem., Area Communities in Econ. Dev. (Comm. Dev. Corp.); Sumter Area Econ. Dev.; Bd. mem., Funds for Southern Coms.; Lower Richland Water Authority, Lower Richland Comm. Council; past mem., First Union Bank Comm. Reinvestment Act Adv. Bd.; Rural Sumter Comm. for Econ. Dev.; Chm., Citizens for Hopkins Neighborhood Assns.; Gov.'s Nuclear Waste Task Force; Co-Chm., S.C. Progressive Network; Bd. mem., AAEJAN-The African Amer. Environmental Action Network; Chm., S.C. Legis. Black Caucus, 2000-02; Dep. Dem. Leader; House Ways and Means Com.; prev. serv. in House 1993-07.

Biography current as of April 15, 2008