Edward W. Scott, Jr.

Ed Scott, a co-founder and chairman of the board of the Center for Global Development, is an experienced and successful business executive, a former assistant secretary in the U.S. government, and an active supporter of a number of philanthropic initiatives. He is a strong supporter of a number of HIV/AIDS programs, and is the founder and chairman of “Friends of the Global Fight,” which, with the assistance of the Gates Foundation, provides support in the U.S. for The Global Fund to fight for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

In early 1995, Mr. Scott founded BEA Systems, Inc. with the other two principals of the company, Bill Coleman, and Alfred Chuang. Mr. Scott served both as president of BEA and as executive vice president for World Wide Field Operations, supervising BEA's sales, marketing, and services operations.

Since withdrawing from direct management at BEA, Mr. Scott has become involved in a variety of philanthropic initiatives, including the funding and support of several orphanages and child development centers in Central America. Mr. Scott also has provided substantial financial and advisory support to Compassion International, a faith-based children’s development group that aids over 850,000 children in 23 countries including active HIV/AIDS programs in five countries in Africa.

In 2001, he founded and provided funding for the Center for Global Development. Mr. Scott also serves on the board of directors for the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a leading think tank in international economic policy analysis.

Mr. Scott also is a co-founder, along with Bill Gates and George Soros, of DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), an advocacy organization dedicated to eradicating extreme poverty and AIDS in Africa. Bono, the famous rock musician and anti-poverty advocate, is a principal spokesperson for DATA.

Before his career in the high-technology industry, Mr. Scott was an executive in the U.S. government for 17 years. In his last government assignment, he served as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation during the administration of President Carter.

Mr. Scott earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science from Michigan State University. He also has a bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from University of Oxford (UK), where he recently endowed a Chair and two research fellowships dedicated to the study of the causes and possible treatments of autism and Asperger’s syndrome. He also established a special program at University College, Oxford, for admission of students with severe disabilities.

Mr. Scott serves on the board of trustees of the Florida Institute of Technology, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Florida. He also serves on the Boards of Malaria No More and the Washington National Cathedral. In addition, he is the chairman of the board of the Florida Beer Company, and he was a member of the board of StubHub, Inc., a highly successful Internet ticketing company acquired by eBay, Inc. in early 2007. Mr. Scott also owns and operates the Kiwi Tennis Club in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida.