Primary Job Title Managing Partner Primary Organization 
NewSchools Venture Fund
Location Orlando, Florida, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
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Scott Benson is the Managing Partner of the Innovative Schools team.
Most recently Scott served as Sr. Program Officer at the Gates Foundation where he led its personalized and blended school strategy from 2010 to early 2015. Scott’s portfolio directly supported 50,000 seats and included the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), Charter
School Growth Fund and over 50 direct grants to charter and district schools. Prior to joining the Gates Foundation, Scott was Director of Strategic Academic Initiatives and a Broad Resident at D.C. Public Schools. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
