Michael Scott, Program Officer, Environment Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Michael Scott is the Program Officer, Environment Program at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Q: How did you get involved in philanthropy?
"It seemed like a natural progression to go from the advocacy world to the funding world where you’re in a position to help a broader array of organizations achieve their goals."
Q: What is your strategy for grantmaking?
"I think it’s a really exciting strategy because it links science to advocacy to outcomes."
Q: Do you think that partnering with conservation and social justice organizations plays a factor in accomplishing larger goals for environmental protection?
"We can’t accomplish our goals without the conservation community and advocacy groups and those groups can’t accomplish their goals without the resources and strategies that we can bring to the table."
Q: What do you value about being in the EGA community?
"EGA provides various fora – whether at the annual meeting or through webinars or other kinds of things – that allow foundations to get to know one another better and establish working, collaborative relationships and, in doing that, help achieve mutual goals with greater certainty."
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Michael Scott is the Program Officer, Environment Program at The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Prior to joining the Hewlett Foundation, Michael worked for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, first as its Conservation Director from 1996 to 2001 and then as its Executive Director from 2001 through 2008. During his tenure at the Coalition, over 150,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber Company lands, spanning two mountain ranges just north of Yellowstone National Park, were brought into public ownership. The Coalition also led efforts to eliminate polluting snowmobiles from Yellowstone and to provide winter habitat outside the park for its unique bison herd.
