Valerie Neal

Valerie Neal is an experienced professional in human resources and organizational development, currently serving as the Director of People Business Partner at Palo Alto Networks since June 2025. Prior to this role, Valerie held the position of Senior HR Business Partner for Autonomous Vehicles at NVIDIA from January 2024 to June 2025. Valerie's background includes significant experience at Apple, where roles included Senior People Business Partner and People Business Partner, Lead from February 2017 to January 2024, and a tenure at Adobe as Senior HR Business Partner from May 2016 to January 2017. Valerie began the career at Twitter as an HR Business Partner from April 2015 to May 2016. Valerie holds a Master's degree in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco and a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies from San José State University.