Warner Neal, President

Warner has over 23 years of experience in the events planning business. His talents include the planning of national and international sporting events and travel for clients, sponsors, players and fans.

Before starting Outdoor Events, Warner began his career in the Sports Marketing business in 1985 where his duties included overseeing a staff of 80+ employees and managing PGA TOUR, LPGA, and Champions Tour events throughout the world. His knowledge of managing corporate sporting events spans from small corporate events to major PGA TOUR events. Warner currently serves on the boards for the Columbus Sports Council, the Southeastern Amateur, the Haskins Commission (The Heisman Trophy of golf), and the Children's Healthcare Sports Advisory Board.




Charlton Norris, Vice President

Charlton has over 20 years in the sports marketing industry. His talents include managing, organizing and producing professional and amateur golf tournaments, corporate outings and hunting and fishing adventures around the world.

Charlton joined Outdoor Events in 2002. Before joining, Charlton began his career in the Sports Marketing industry in 1987 producing hunting and fishing shows for television. In 1990, Charlton changed his direction to organizing golf tournaments and has managed the logistics and operations at over 190 professional golf tournaments around the world.




Matt Hilliker, Event Manager

Matt is a graduate of Springfield College, with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management. Having served several internships with Outdoor Events at two different PGA TOUR events, Matt joined the staff full time in June, 2006.

Matt assists the team with operations, sales and marketing of professional and corporate events.  His dedication and professionalism is an asset to the Outdoor Events team. 




Lisa Neal, Event Coordinator

Lisa has over 10 years experience in the event planning industry.  Her specialties are large corporate and charity events, as well as trade shows and sporting events.  A graduate of the University of Mississippi in Business Administration, Lisa lends her knack for business to all her events paying special attention to the event budgeting and finances.  Her excellent marketing and organizational skills offer an advantage to all her events.