Meredith Scott

I've been in the higher education field for roughly 16 years total, and I'm currently the Regional Coordinator for JAG South Carolina, a position I've held for 4 years. In this role, I oversee the Lowcountry region for JAG South Carolina, which is a nonprofit national program that empowers youth with skills to support, succeed in education, employment, and life. I currently supervise the PD and Lowcountry regions of South Carolina, advising them with fostering supportive engagement and driving continuous improvement across educational and workforce development initiatives. I majored in communications initially, thinking that was going to be my niche, but I had an advisor or mentor who brought me into the school system. Ever since then, I've been trying to make connections with youth and tying them into workforce development and advanced programs post-college, and I realized that was actually my gift. Since starting that in 2012, I just flourished from there. I'm passionate about youth and helping them get into their particular areas of interest. My main goal professionally is that if I can just save one child, I've done my job. If I had to pick just one most notable professional achievement throughout my career so far, I would say it would be leading with integrity and purpose.