Speaker

Neal Vermillion is the Visa Office’s Director of Field Operations in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.  He served previously as a Regional Consular Officer based in Frankfurt, Germany providing coaching and guidance to consular sections in Europe, Africa, and Asia.  Prior to that, Neal worked at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, first as a senior manager in the nonimmigrant visa unit and then as the Special Assistant to the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs.   Neal also served overseas in Perth, Antananarivo, and Sofia. Neal graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with an undergraduate degree in political science and history.  He received a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where his studies focused on the history of U.S. foreign policy.