April Neill, Local Business

April Neill serves as CEO/Principal Consultant of April Neill Public Relations, a boutique PR firm serving small businesses in the professional services, healthcare, faith-based, and non-profit sector.

April began her career as an entrepreneur in 1995 when she founded The Messenger’s Directory (TMD). A Christian resource directory that was published annually in Chicagoland, TMD offered business owners a vehicle in which they could market their services and products and provided a network of support within the Christian business community. April went on to establish the Christian Publicity Network that provided affordable PR services to clients and went on to lead the PR efforts of a large chiropractic group for over 5 years. April has over 20 years of marketing and PR experience helping small businesses, non-profits, and faith-based businesses build brand awareness, gain visibility, and garner top-tier media attention.

A humanitarian at heart, April has joined chiropractic mission trips to the Dominican Republic and Haiti where she assisted a team of doctors who brought chiropractic care to over 50,000 villagers and funds for an orphanage for abandoned children. April also provides PR support to Northbrook-based youth charity Gear for Goals that brings sports, arts, and hope to impoverished children around the world as well as Dreamweaver International.

April resides in Plainfield, IL with her husband, Ron, and is the mother of four children, Michael, age 32, Steven, age 30, Trevor, age 24, and Kelly, age 23. In her spare time, April enjoys traveling, boating, reading, cooking, and spending time with family.