Internship: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon University System
I'm Scott, I am a native of Portland, the City of Roses, and a proud product of Portland Public Schools. In 2005 I finished my bachelor's degree in Political Science, with minors in Religion and History, at Pacific Lutheran University, in Tacoma, WA. I spent two years administering Long Term Disability claims at Standard Insurance Company while my wife completed her master's program in teaching at Concordia University. We currently live in Keizer, just north of Salem. For fun we travel to Portland on the weekends to be with our families and we are huge Seahawks, Winter Hawks (WHL hockey), Blazers, and Beaver fans.
I came to OSU's MPP program because of the appeal of an interdisciplinary program that looks at the many aspects of public policy. I am interested in domestic U.S. policy, in particular education, urban recreation, and transportation issues. As a son of Oregon's big city my passion is urban affairs and related social policy issues.