Scott’s goal is to give every PETA department all the funding that they need to respond to opportunities to help animals, as well as to let Vanguard Society members know what a real difference they make for animals through their extraordinary support of PETA.

Scott started organizing for animals in the seventh grade, then worked in animal-shelter management and finally for a charitable foundation. It was work in that last area that led Scott to PETA: “My primary responsibility with the foundation was to analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of different organizations in the animal-protection movement; PETA is tops any way you measure it, so I decided to do everything I could to bring in the resources that make a real difference for animals.”