Brandon D. Neal, Director of Recruitment & Education Partnerships

25%+Average annual recruitment growth

+77%Fundraising revenue growth in three years

73%Net return on a revived signature event

50+Staff and volunteers led on campaigns

About Brandon

Brandon D. Neal is Director of Recruitment and Education Partnerships at Leo Operations, where he helps schools, nonprofits and campaigns grow the number of people who show up, sign up and stay. He brings more than a decade of experience in recruitment, school and community partnerships, fundraising, volunteer management and political campaigns, and a record of turning outreach plans into measurable growth.

Brandon built his reputation on year-round recruitment. Leading membership growth for a national youth-development organization in Tennessee and North Carolina, he designed recruitment strategies anchored in school partnerships, community engagement, volunteer recruitment and retention, and averaged more than 25 percent membership growth across the regions he served. He knows how to earn the trust of principals, teachers and families, and how to keep a recruitment calendar moving from the first info session to the first day.

He is also a proven fundraiser and event strategist. He grew a multi-year sales fundraising campaign from $150,000 to $265,000 a year over three years, a 76.67 percent increase, through strategic planning, leader training and incentive programs. He expanded two signature fundraising events to an average of 73 percent annual net revenue growth by securing sponsorships, improving the guest experience and strengthening donor relationships. In 2026 he revived a golf tournament that had been dormant for more than ten years, drawing 72 golfers and a 73 percent net return.

Before his work in youth development, Brandon came up through political campaigns, rising from grassroots organizer to campaign manager on judicial and statewide races. He has managed six-figure budgets, led teams of more than 50 staff and volunteers, directed voter outreach programs, coordinated fundraising and built strategic communications plans for candidates and organizations.

At Leo Operations, Brandon brings that playbook to every client. He leads student recruitment and family engagement for schools, builds partnerships with districts, churches, employers and community groups, and supports campaign field, fundraising and event programs. Clients get a strategist who has done the work himself and can show the numbers to prove it.