Scott Britton
Assistant Director

Scott Britton joined the staff of Public Children Services Association of Ohio in July 2011 as assistant director.

Scott moved to Ohio in 2002 from his native West Virginia, where he had spent seven years as program development officer for the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service. There, he monitored AmeriCorps National Service programs throughout the state, providing oversight, training, and technical assistance for a grant portfolio that increased from $368,000 to $3.5 million during his tenure. Traveling to half a dozen states and the District of Columbia, he coached his counterparts on audit preparation and standards of excellence.

In 2002, he became executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio, a statewide advocacy and voter-education organization. During his three years with the League, he increased member contributions to the annual fund, managed an ambitious judicial independence project, and coordinated direct and grassroots lobbying efforts on multiple good-government issues. 

Scott then spent a year at The Columbus Foundation, where he helped launch PowerPhilanthropy, a nonprofit search engine for donors. The project involved coaching nonprofit executives through a complex organizational profile, evaluating audits and 990s, and troubleshooting technology. Analyzing collected data led the Foundation to identify strategies for increasing the institutional capacity of nonprofits in central Ohio.

In 2006, upon the birth of his son, Scott became a stay-at-home father. Seeking an opportunity to volunteer, he joined the board of the League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus, where he led the redesign of the League's website in time for the 2008 election; he currently chairs the advocacy committee and serves as webmaster.

In October 2010, he returned to work part-time as coordinator of Advocates for Ohio's Future, a statewide coalition of health, human service, and early care & education programs, including PCSAO. The coalition's advocacy efforts, grassroots mobilization, and media outreach resulted in increased funding in the FY2012-13 state budget to support long-term care for seniors, behavioral health, emergency food, home visiting, child welfare, and other programs for vulnerable Ohioans.

Born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Scott is a 1993 graduate of Drew University in New Jersey.