GREGORY C.
SCOTT
PRESIDENT & CEO
Gregory C. Scott currently serves as President & CEO of Community Action Partnership of Orange County, a leading national network championing the war on poverty, racial and economic equity, strengthening families, youth empowerment and education, and community development.
Mr. Scott has a unique and compelling story, which has led to him dedicating his career as a c-suite executive to leadership development, strategic change, and social entrepreneurship. A passionate visionary and change agent, Mr. Scott has demonstrated successful experience as an executive in both the private and nonprofit sectors as a CEO, executive coach, and business broker. He leads his teams in producing world-class services to the community and strong organizational development acumen, economical solutions to address challenging social issues affecting disenfranchised individuals and their families.
Mr. Scott has garnered both corporate and individual philanthropic support and is known as a thought- leader in the industry. He is a gifted public speaker, and author of the soon to be released RaiseUP, a book and memoir focused on helping leaders rise to every occasion in their business, career, faith, and life.
Mr. Scott is also the Founder of The Scott Group. The Scott Group helps new and experienced CEO’s, Executive Directors, and community and faith leaders create the momentum needed for successful business, organizational, and personal leadership through coaching, mentorship, and learning. TSG specialize in teaching the leadership skills that help to effectively navigate disruption and embrace and leverage a diverse workforce. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Counseling Center, Anaheim Workforce Development Board, the Nonprofit Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), and the marketing committee for the African American Board Leadership Institute.
“We have come a long way in human understanding of the root causes and the pain of poverty and it’s ill effects. We are in a moment when we need a national discourse on the importance of progress towards lowering the poverty rate and closing the income gap especially for our most vulnerable neighbors. Poverty and racial injustice prior to the COVID-19 pandemic had us divided, but as we lean in and forward– both a health crisis and the unfortunate persistence of racial equality, it will take all of us to move the needle on eradicating poverty and ending injustices, whether they be economic or race, that persists in our neighbors living in impoverished conditions. I have dedicated my life to ending social injustices and building economic opportunity for the underserved. Our work at Community Action Partnership shares that commitment.”