scott beale
Alumni Spotlight
scott beale
Degree: 2007, MPA
Job Title: CEO & Founder, Atlas Corps
Scott Beale (MPA 鈥07) is the Founder and CEO of Atlas Corps, a leadership development program for the world's best social change professionals. Sometimes called a "reverse Peace Corps", Atlas Corps brings leaders from around the world to serve in cities across the United States. Atlas Corps has supported more than 380 leaders from over 75 different countries in one-year placements at organizations such as Ashoka, Grameen Foundation, McKinsey, UNICEF, and the US Peace Corps. Prior to launching Atlas Corps, Scott was a U.S. Diplomat who served in New Delhi fighting human trafficking in India and in Bosnia organizing elections in the late 1990s. He also worked at Ashoka's Youth Venture program and in the Clinton White House.聽
He is the author of the first book on the politics of the Millennial Generation (Millennial Manifesto: A Youth Activist handbook) and in 2004 the Youth Vote Coalition named Scott one of 30 people under 30 changing politics in America. Among Scott鈥檚 numerous accolades include being named one of the top three nonprofit CEOs in Washington, DC; 鈥淭he Nonprofit Entrepreneur鈥 by the Washington Post; and the National Award for Citizen Diplomacy.聽
Scott has a Bachelors Degree from Georgetown University and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) from the 91原创. The friends and teachers he met and lessons he learned contributed significantly to Scott鈥檚 ability to launch and lead Atlas Corps over the last decade. He hopes that future graduates of 91原创 pursue a similar path and seek to make an impact in the international social entrepreneurial space.
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