Fueled by a passion to lift those in need, Rhonda Neal joined Saint Joseph Parenting Center (SJPC) as Executive Director in 2019. Leveraging her proven ability to identify and convert new opportunities and build relationships, Rhonda quickly grew SJPC from $600,000+ to $1.5M in annual revenues winning grants including $250K from the State of Connecticut and $3.3 million 5-year grant from the Federal government.

At SJPC, Rhonda applies the same creative and critical thinking to expand SJPC’s reach that have marked her career to date. In 2021, SJPC served 350 parents in Stamford, and, with the addition of our Danbury Center in January, we expect to serve 22% more parents in 2022. Using organizational skills honed during the earliest years of her career as Manager of Green Energy Projects at INROADS and managing a $1.1M budget across diverse industries at Guideposts, Rhonda successfully managed SJPC through the Covid-19 pandemic transitioning fundraising, courses and community-support offerings from in-person to online and then back to in-person as she also increased SJPC staff from 9 to 19 to accommodate growing demand for SJPC’s child abuse prevention services.

A woman of deep faith, Rhonda believes, “I look to the hills from where my help comes from, it comes from the Lord,” and she works hard to create a culture of inclusion, community, support and love around her. Rhonda graduated from Hampton University with a degree in Business Management and an MBA from the University of Bridgeport followed by a master’s degree from Clark Summit University where she graduated summa cum laude. Currently a Danbury resident, Rhonda is an avid tennis player and student of golf. She loves jazz, traveling, fine cuisine and trading stock options. She is the proud mother of Niema Riley, her only child, who graduated with honors from Virginia State University’s school of social work.