Ed Scott

Ed Scott is an experienced and successful business executive. Before his career in the high-technology industry, Mr. Scott served as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation during the administration of President Carter. During his government career, Mr. Scott served under seven Attorneys General (Republicans and Democrats) and three secretaries of Transportation.

He then co-founded BEA Systems, Inc. now the 12th largest software company in the World. Since leaving the business sector, he is fully focused on a number of economic development and HIV/Aids undertakings and is an active supporter of many philanthropic initiatives including orphanages and child development centers in Central America, Compassion International, a faith-based children's development group operating globally in 23 countries, and the Center for Global Development (CGD) which he founded in 2001 as the only organization fully dedicated to the development and advocacy of informed analysis concerning the policies of the World's richest countries toward the World's poor countries. Along with Bill Gates and George Soros, he is co-founder of DATA, an advocacy organization dedicated to building public and political awareness about development problems in Africa, most notably the HIV/Aids pandemic.

He also founded "Friends of the Global Fight," a Washington, D.C.-based group dedicated to informing the U.S. public and body politic about the work of the Global Fund. Mr. Scott earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science from Michigan State University. He also has a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University (U.K.).

Mr. Scott serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for International Economics (IIE), a long-standing leader in international economic policy analysis. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Florida Institute of Technology, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and the King Center for the Performing Arts. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Indian River Brewing Company and is a member of the Board of StubHub, Inc. He also owns and operates the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.