Kevin McNeil

Victim Advocate | Speaker | Retired Detective | Author

Kevin McNeil is a Transformational Speaker, Victim Advocate, author, and
Founder/CEO of Kevin D. McNeil Consulting and the non-profit, The Twe12ve Project, Inc.,
These organizations serve as a bridge to educate the world on the effects of trauma and
abuse upon individuals, families, and communities. Kevin is a renowned speaker who
shares lessons from his own life experiences that transform, motivate, and inspire an
individual’s mindset and potential.

After 20 years of service, Kevin retired from the DeKalb County Police Department of
Georgia. He served eight years as a Police Officer, and twelve years as a Special Victims Unit
Detective. His training and attention to detail helped him solve several high-profile serial
rape cases in the Atlanta area. Kevin’s background coupled with his extensive research on
trauma and the effects of abuse, defines and differentiates his message. He travels
internationally speaking on topics relevant to Child Advocacy Centers, Police Departments,
Department of Family and Children Services, District Attorney’s Offices, athletic
organizations, schools and universities, parents, and foster parents, as well as community
members.

Kevin has appeared on numerous radio and television shows, including TV One’s
crime investigative series ‘Celebrity Crime Files, Fatal Attraction and For My Man;’ and has
been a guest on Jim Clemente’s podcast ‘Best Case, Worst Case,’ along with being featured
in several magazine articles.

Kevin has spoken at numerous Child Advocacy Centers across the United States. He has
spoken at events sponsored by Darkness to Light, as well as being featured in the 2023
Darkness to Light Stewards of Children training video. He has delivered a keynote
presentation and workshop for the Beau Biden Foundation National Conference to Protect
America’s Children, International Child Symposium on Child Abuse in Huntsville, Alabama;
he’s delivered a plenary presentation and workshops at the San Diego International
Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment in San Diego, California; and in 2019, he
traveled to Bermuda to help train law enforcement surrounding child abuse and child sexual
assault.

Kevin’s mission is to “create communities where abuse and trauma survivors HEAL,
THRIVE, and SUCCEED.”