J. Neal Insley

J. Neal Insley became President & CEO of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) on October 2, 2021, and served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since April 2015. He has worked in the area of beverage alcohol law, legislation, and/or policy at the state, national and international levels. In the private practice of law, he focused on hospitality and beverage alcohol law and policy, government affairs, administrative law, and regulatory/policy issues. He also served as the chairman of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (Va. ABC) and as chairman of NABCA. Neal began his career in law enforcement and held the position of a special agent with the Va. ABC while attending law school part-time at nights and weekends. Within the beverage alcohol industry, he has served as a regulator, attorney, administrative law judge, and business leader.