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Mr. Ramo worked his way up in the retail industry from being a stock boy for Burdines Department Stores in Miami, Florida, to Executive Vice President of Lord & Taylor Department Store in New York to the President of Carson Pirie Scott Department Stores in Chicago, Illinois. He and his wife, Marilyn, have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandchildren. The Ramos reside at Linville Ridge. Neil serves as an advisor to the AEPi Fraternity at Appalachian State University and as a Board member of the Avery Humane Society. He previously served on the Board for the Center of Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University and as a Board member of the Temple of the High Country in Boone.