K. Neal International, an International truck dealer in Hyattsville, Md., has been named to DiversityBusiness.com's Div500, the 9th annual listing of the nation's top 500 diversity-owned businesses.


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With revenues ranging from $20 million to more than $2 billion, the companies listed on the Div500 represent the nation's top multicultural earners and challenge the long-held notion that diversity-owned businesses are small or insignificant, according to DiversityBusiness.com.

"Stephen Neal is clearly committed to growing the business and representing the International brand in the metro D.C. market," said John Whitnell, Navistar vice president, dealer operations.

Beyond his role as dealer principal of K. Neal International, Stephen Neal is committed to ensure his business is heavily involved in the community. K. Neal International is a strategic partner of the Workforce Services Division of the Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation. Through this partnership, Neal helped launch an on-the-job diesel mechanic training program for at-risk county residents. This program provides trainees with an opportunity to change their lives by developing marketable job skills and earning livable wages and benefits.

Neal has been recognized numerous times as an industry leader. In July 2008, he received Prince George's County's Trailblazer Award, honoring his contributions to the trucking industry. In November 2008, Neal received a Top 100 Minority Business Award which recognizes outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. In April 2009, Neal was selected from more than 150 nominations to be named one of this year's 25 CEOs You Need to Know. And, Neal is also to receive an honor in May as "Small Business Owner of the Year" from Light Up Washington.
 
K. Neal International Trucks, Inc. is a full-service commercial truck and bus dealership headquartered in Hyattsville, Md. The dealership has additional locations in Gaithersburg, Maryland and in Lorton, Virginia. The dealership represents International trucks, Cummins and Caterpillar engines and Alison transmissions. K. Neal is the largest seller of IC Bus school buses in Maryland. K. Neal Idealease, Inc., an affiliate of Idealease, Inc., provides full-service truck leasing and rental services throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.