Scott Taylor, Education Team
Scott is an accomplished leadership development facilitator, designer and senior non-profit manager who has almost 20 years of experience working in large and small organizations, including international experience. His leadership programming and insights have been published in the book Experience-Driven Leader Development by the Center for Creative Leadership. In 2011, he pioneered an enormously successful immersive leadership development experience at Teach For America which has been scaled and replicated across the organization. Scott honed his perspective on leadership and learning while earning a masters degree from Harvard's Kennedy School and through professional experiences ranging from a senior management role at TFA to an outdoor expedition guide of multi-week trips for low income teenagers. His facilitation skills have been developed across a wide variety of settings from consumer focus groups for a national advertising agency, to cross-cultural programs as a Peace Corps volunteer, to major professional development conferences and intense small group learning experiences. He is on the board of LEAP, an arts education non-profit serving students in the Bay area. He lives in San Francisco where he strives for connection and community, loves exploring the outdoors, does an occasional triathlon and is known to savor hoppy beers.