Jane Neal is the executive director of The Tyler Loop, a nonprofit news and culture platform in Tyler, Texas. Jane also serves as storytelling director of the live show Out of the Loop: True Stories from Tyler and East Texas.

In addition to the Loop, she works at the Literacy Council of Tyler and Tyler Public Library. Jane is a certified interfaith spiritual guide. She is a member of Leadership Tyler Class 33 and a former teacher of French at Robert E. Lee High School, where she ran a storytelling program called Senior Stories. Jane and her husband Don have four children.