Scott is the Chief Human Rights Strategy Officer at Amnesty International USA, overseeing AIUSA’s government relations and advocacy team, campaign/crisis response team, research and programs team, and communications and marketing team. Prior to this he was Senior Director for Justice and Accountability at the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT), where he led CVT’s domestic and international human rights programming. Before joining CVT, Scott was Vice President of Programs and Policy at The Constitution Project, where he managed the organization’s national security, immigration, and criminal justice portfolios. Scott has also worked with Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Monrovia, Liberia and Greensboro, North Carolina.

Scott previously served as the Special Counsel for pro bono at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School and a master’s in International Affairs with a specialization in human rights and humanitarian law from Columbia University. He began his legal career as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable James Orenstein in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.