Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Ms. Neal has more than 10 years experience in intellectual property and business law. She is skilled in developing and implementing worldwide intellectual property protection and enforcement strategies, negotiating technology-driven business transactions, strategic counseling in the development of patent and trademark portfolios, and related multinational prosecution.

Prior to joining Arcadia Biosciences, Ms. Neal provided legal counsel to Arcadia as a partner in the Intellectual Property & Technology group at the law firm of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. There she worked with a wide variety of industry clients, from Fortune 100 companies to small start-ups, to develop and implement creative business strategies to maximize the value of their intellectual property assets.

Before joining Snell & Wilmer L.L.P, Ms. Neal worked with the patent team at GE Aircraft Engines. She also has had technical roles in various industries, including working in operations development at BP Oil, nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing at BP Chemicals, and oleochemicals research and manufacturing at Henkel Corporation.

Ms. Neal has served as a Risk Policy Consultant to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers government relations team in Washington, D.C. and is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She is also a member of both the American Chemical Society and the American Intellectual Property Law Association and has regularly served as a contributing author to the American Bar Association’s Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation.

Ms. Neal holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (magna cum laude) and a J.D. from the University of Cincinnati.