Scott Corwin is Executive Director of the Northwest Public Power Association, which provides education, training, communications, government relations, and other value-added services to over 150 utility members in nine western states and British Columbia.  Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Public Power Council (PPC) for twelve years, representing utility customers of the Bonneville Power Administration. Scott has also worked for PNGC Power, Portland General Electric, the Speaker’s Office of the Oregon House of Representatives, and in various positions with the United States Senate in Washington, D.C., including Legal Counsel to U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield and staff to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. He also worked for a law firm specializing in tax and pension legislation.

Scott graduated from Dartmouth College, has a law degree from the University of Washington and is a member of the Oregon Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association.  He has served on numerous industry task forces relating to power supply, has been an expert witness before Congress, and served on various charitable and community boards.  He has also served on national advisory committees to the American Public Power Association and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.