Scott Gordon is an independent consultant partnering with K-12 and post-secondary institutions on school/district turnaround, strategic planning, implementation management, and general leadership. He also provides interim CEO, Superintendent, and President services.

Scott was previously the founder and chief executive officer of Mastery Charter Schools, a nonprofit network of 24 public schools serving 14,000 students in Philadelphia and Camden. Scott was Mastery’s first school’s principal (2001) and led the network through its growth. Mastery is unusual in that nearly all of its schools are turnarounds of formerly struggling district neighborhood schools or charter schools. Mastery’s turnaround work has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and President Obama for dramatically increasing academic achievement and decreasing violence.

Prior to starting Mastery Charter, Scott was the founder of Home Care Associates of Philadelphia, a worker-owned home health care company that trained and employed people on public assistance. The company received the Governor’s Achievement Award for its welfare-to-work training program. Scott was previously a brand manager at General Foods. He began his career as a street vender in Philadelphia and holds an MBA from Yale University.