Timothy Neal, MS, ATC, CCISM is a certified athletic trainer and National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame member. Mr. Neal is dually credentialed as an athletic trainer and as a licensed social worker in the state of Michigan where he provides therapy for clients in the Ann Arbor area. Mr. Neal spent 35 years as a clinical athletic trainer and adjunct professor at Syracuse University, and for ten years was the Athletic Training Program Director at Concordia University Ann Arbor. Mr. Neal has chaired two NATA sponsored Inter-Association Consensus Statements on psychological concerns in student-athletes, the first one on intercollegiate athletes in 2013, followed by another Statement in 2015 for interscholastic athletes. 

Mr. Neal is certified in critical incident stress management by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and is an approved ICISF instructor in CISM. Mr. Neal is a founding member of the NATA ATs Care committee. Presently, Mr. Neal is the clinical director of District IV ATs Care program. Mr. Neal serves as chair of the state of Michigan’s Health Profession Recovery Committee. Mr. Neal was a member of the 2013 NCAA task force on student-athlete mental health and wellness. Mr. Neal is the NATA liaison to the Alliance of Social Workers in Sport. Mr. Neal holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a Master’s degree in social work from Ohio University. Mr. Neal also earned a Master’s degree in education from Syracuse University.