Neil directs the Low Impact Development Center, Inc., a non-profit water resource research organization based in Beltsville, Maryland. With over 20 years of experience in environmental planning, research, and design, much of his work has focused on how to effectively and efficiently use the landscape and built environment to create a sustainable infrastructure that protects natural resources and enhances the aesthetics and quality of life in urban areas. Neil is one of the pioneers of LID and helped create the initial planning, design, and analysis tools that are the basis of LID strategies. He has worked to develop stormwater policies and strategies at the national and local levels through research, development, and policy analysis.